When Mauchly and Eckert's proposed concept for an electronic digital computer was funded by the U.S. Army's Ballistics Research Laboratory in June 1943, Burks was added to the design team.
Kui Mauchly ja Eckerti digitaalse elektronarvuti projekt sai juunis 1943 USA Armee labori Ballistics Research Laboratory finantseeringu, võeti Burks konstruktorite gruppi.