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.
Germany and Japan also invented their own radar systems, but those were in general less effective, and the Alliesâ radar superiority is sometimes credited with the victory in WWII. After the war, many peaceful uses for radar technology were found. Today air traffic control depends on radar to keep commercial aircraft from colliding.