“Grasshopper” transmits weather automatically

At a recent electronics conference in Washington, D.C., the U. S. Navy´s Grasshopper, the Automatic Weather Transmitter AN/GMT-1 (XG-1), was introduced. Designed, developed, and built by the U. S. Naval Avionics Facility, Indianapolis, Ind., the Grasshopper was shown and demonstrated by the Cleveland Metal Specialties Company, which designed and manufactured the printed circuits used in the unit. The Grasshopper is completely automatic from the time of drop from the aircraft.