Win up to $1,000. The Veterans of Foreign Wars administer a scholarship with three awards, for $1,000, $3,000, and $5,000. This contest is open to Eagle Scouts still in high school, as well as members of several other scouting organizations.
Sir Robert Watson-Watt in the year 1935 invented the first practical radar in the United Kingdom. A Handley Page Heyford bomber was detected by his radar from a distance of 12 km.ir Robert Watson-Watt in the year 1935 invented the first practical radar in the United Kingdom. A Handley Page Heyford bomber was detected by his radar from a distance of 12 km.
Radar during World War II. German engineers also developed radars during World War II. Perhaps the most important of these was the âWÃ¼rzburgâ type shown here at an installation in Douvre, France (then German-occupied France). Itâs 8-meter wide dish antenna was part of a system used to detect incoming aircraft.