[9-HI™ Dictionary] Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD)

The Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) was an agency of NATO founded in 1952 by the NATO Military Committee. The group was organized into panels specializing in aerospace medical, avionics, electromagnetic wave propagation, flight mechanics, fluid dynamics, guidance and control, propulsion and energetics, structures and materials, and technical information. In 1996 AGARD merged with the NATO Defense Research Group (DRG) forming the NATO Research and Technology Organization (RTO).