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MEM01tAlmtJlVl FOfi : secretary of Defense 

Director of Central Intellilenee 

STlBl'ECT: Q-12 .Ramjet DrOlle 

L Mr. C. L.. Johnson of IAckheed Aircraft Corporation completed 

a prelimiMry dea1p feas1bWty study of a Q ... 12 :ramjet drone l"eeon ... 

na .... me. system.. Thia tndaded full ..... ale model aau. .. radar tes. and 

some wtDd twmel tats uatDg a model Q-D drone mounted't!m, i'iiOdelA ... 12 

launch velWlle. Additional tests U"e aWl tu .Pl'OP'e.s.. In addlt1on. 

fool" camera eoatractors who we;re iavited tosubmU: proposals completed 

stw:H.ee eoneel'Ring a camera e~aU_ for a Q .... Ul ~.ance 

sys,tem.. The reports haw bee renewed ))y the Deptty Dtnetor 

(R .. "aroh), CIA, and the Director, NDikm.al.aee~e Orawzatton,. and the Q-la l"allljet droae ;reemmaiuaace 8fs.m is deemed to be 

teclmleally 'easlble .. 

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2. The Q-12 ralnj« dnme is an ~ fteormaiNance whicle 

utUblnc a ra.mjfi encme already ~loped ad tea,ted by the Marqua:rdt 

C0m»anY. The Gone w1ll b .... la .. hed fr'Qa • DlOdIfied .4\ ... 12 Loeltheed ,I 

me);"aft. The drone wU1 have a raag8 of 3,000 Dd1n. apeed of Mach 3. :3 

lU1d an operational altitude In exc._ of 11,000 ,eet.. In order to reduce 

vuh.lerability, a higher speed and altitude 'WOUld be desirable but not 

fes1Jib1e with preuntly-developed re1iable -Ila-.. Upon completion 

01 a miuion the camera payload and meJ'tial aavigation$ysbitm will " 

ejected. and an air-saetch recoV4tty employed, almIlar to the DIICOVEBD 

prop-am I,.stem. The aircraft abuctuN eJDbodiu A ... 12 anti-radal' 

matel"im, mvl full-H·. RlOdel t.ts indicate the radatj'Gl':OBs section 

to presently comparable to the levels acbieved by the'A";;;:lZ vehiele 

~tyof further imprOftB'ulllt dllring the development.. The 

camera proposal for the Q ... 12 drone sUbmltted by Hyeon 

ompany foreeubl an achievable I!'ound rHolution dQign 

1-1/2 feet to a feet at operattomd. alUtudea .. 

hamH~ via 81tiA1 

Control SVSteI 

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3. The pr ... nt preliminary Lockheed proposal for twenty drone 

aircraft, inehlding engines and modification costa tor two A ... 12 launch 

aireraft,.will cost a minimum of at least $53,0001 000. The four 

camera propuals have been evalutedt and it is b611ewd the Hyeon 

propoaalla the moat latiafactol"1 from the point of view of coat, time 

seale and teebntea11e quality. The prel1m:laal'J_ttmate 

for ten such camera. 000.. The present appl'.ved NaticBal 

Reconnaissance Program hal $8, 000, 000 in FY 1963 and $60, OOOt 000 

in FY 1964 Wh1(lA should be adetJ.aate to handle this Pl"ogram.. In Ught 

ot an thoe facta, it is recommended that ... 

!. approval be given tor proceeding with the Q .... 1a 

drone p:'oaraM as .scribed above; tlnd 

b. the DOD program fOl'advanced l'runjet development 

should be exploited with ·tho aim of 'J"ovidiDg Mach 4 

performance far possible follow-on ve:tili::les. 

CONCUR: 

U Feb 63 

(siped) 

HBBBE.BT SCOVIL.LE, lB. 

Deputy Dizeetor(Ruearch) 

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