Three 1953 events resulted in a breakup of the original NOTS explosive ordnance team and relocation of three key members to an industrial organization, Aerojet General in Azu, California. Both the Army and the Air Force had become interested in the aluminum shaped charge work the at NOTS, the Army for a new anti-tank missile called “DART,” and the Air Force for the antiaircraft missile known as BOMARC. The Navy was not enthusiastic about supporting the other services and their contractors, and was at the time down-playing weapons research activities. The latter was accompanied by a reshuffling of civil service personnel from other facilities which resulted in some unacceptable personnel problems within the Explosive Ordnance Branch at NOTS.