EG&G
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EG&G, formally known as Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc., was an American national defense contractor and provider of management and technical services. The company was involved in contracting services to the United States government during World War II and conducted the research and development on the nuclear weapons during the Cold war era (from 1948 and onward) together with the American national laboratories in Nevada Test Site.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- corporation
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Boston
- Owned by
- AECOM
- Industry
- Radiographic testing
- Legal form
- joint-stock company
- Official website
- www.urscorp.com
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- inception
- 1947-01-01
- separated from
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- merged into
- URS Corporation
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- History
- Early history
- 1950s and 1960s
- 1970s and 1980s
- 1999–present
- Janet Airlines
- Lear Siegler Services, Inc.
- EG&G's clients
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- References
- Further reading
EG&G, formally known as Edgerton, Germeshausen, and Grier, Inc., was an American national defense contractor and provider of management and technical services. The company was involved in contracting services to the United States government during World War II and conducted the research and development on the nuclear weapons during the Cold war era (from 1948 and onward) together with the American national laboratories in Nevada Test Site.
It had close involvement with some of the government's most sensitive technologies, including providing support to stealth development led by the Lockheed Martin, also in Nevada.
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