During World War II Lack served in the British Army working on radar research.
Although the SCL initiated its radar research using microwaves, it never returned to developing sets in this wavelength region.
That term began in reference to a ship's propeller, then in 1912 to airplanes and by the mid-40's to impulses in electronics and radar research.
They were carrying out top secret radar research.
During World War II he worked on radar research and in 1947 became scientific liaison officer in London.
Two of the larger projects were a study on the propagation of electromagnetic waves, and United States Navy-sponsored radar research.
World War 2 radar research led to the discovery of radio broadcasts and later the pulsar.
He never returned to radar research, but found entirely new avenues for his creativity: material science and thermal physics.
Germany began bomber attacks on the British mainland, and it was decided that radar research and development activities would be moved further inland.
This phenomenon was first discovered during radar research in World War II.