In research.

The article presents updates on U.S. research as of May 13, 1961. Bids were made by International Telephone & Telegraph Corp. and Westinghouse Electric Corp. for a role in satellite communications. A research project was launched by the state of Washington to investigate the potential use of glaciers for the production of power in low-water years. A successful test firing of the world's largest segmented solid-fuel rocket engine was conducted by Aerojet-General Corp.