[1] The testbed was the same National Bureau of Standards-developed, unpowered airframe that was later used for the US Navy's radar-guided "Bat" glide bomb, which was basically a small glider, with wings and tail surfaces, an explosive warhead section in the center, and a "guidance section" in the nose cone.
They were trained by being shown an image of the target and gradually more and more rapid pecks were required for a grain of food.
[3] The sensors would detect the movement and send signals to the control surfaces, which would steer the bomb in the direction the screen had moved.
[4] The program was canceled on 8 October 1944, because the military believed that "further prosecution of this project would seriously delay others which in the minds of the Division have more immediate promise of combat application".
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