The Strategic Air Command (SAC) launches the design of a new ground-based missile, the Minuteman II, which will require 2,000 integrated circuits for its guidance system alone. Texas Instruments wins the contract. In 1965, seven Minuteman IIs will be built every week, year-round, and the US Navy will begin purchasing integrated circuits for its Polaris missiles. Then RCA and Westinghouse will arrive, and finally the price will drop to the point of becoming affordable for the general public.
