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OFFICE OP THE DIRECTOR

15 December 1966

MEMO:i.ANZUM FOR: DIRECTOR OF RECONNAISSANCE, CIA

DIRECTOR, NRO PRC GRAM D

SUBJECT: U-2R Management Plan and Organizational Responsibilities

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The purpose of this memorandum is to set forth the management arrangements and assignments of system responsibilities for the development, test,

and production of the k.1-2R aircraft and its reconnaissance and defensive subsystems.

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,PROGRAM MANAGEMENT:

The Director of Reconnaissance, CIA, is designated as the U-2R System

Profact Director (SPD). He will establish a U-2R System Project Office

∎5 O) to discharge assigned responsibilities and will designate a Chief thereof responsive and responsible through him to the Director, National Reconnaissance Office (DNRO) for the U-2R development, test, and production

program.

The Director, Program D, will be the focal point for Air Force participation in and support of the U-2R project.

The Air Force Systems Command will provide technical assistance and

suppgrt to the Director, Program D and the SPO as required.

SYSTEM PROJECT DIRECTOR AUTHORITY:

Except for normal restraints imposed on all System Project Directors

(with regard to increases in total program cost, alterations in major performance goals, and changes in operational readiness dates) and as noted in

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this memorandum, the System Project Director will exercise full management control of the U•2R acquisition programs

CONFIGURATION CONTROL:

To insure maximum future utility for both CIA and DOD operators, minimum cost, and the earliest reasonable operational availability, strict system

configuration control discipline should be exercised from the onset of this •

project.

In that vein, a joint CIA/AF Configuration Control Board, as mutually

agreed to by the System Project Director and Director, Program D, will be

established under the SPO Chief. The first task of the CCB will be the development of a U-2R aircraft base-line configuration at the earliest practicable •

date (this base-line configuration will be submitted to the DNRO for approval).

Subsequently, proposed deviations from the base-line configuration that are

within the authority of the System Project Director but which cannot be agreed

to be the CCB, will be referred to the DNRO for resolution.

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY:

Maximum use will be made of available facilities and standard and/or

developed Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE), Government Furnished Parts

(GFP), Government Furnished Avionics Equipment (GFAE), reconnaissance

payloads, ECM equipments, engines, etc. When such assets are not compatible with the U-2R aircraft, full consideration will be given first to modifying

existing equipments prior to initiating new developments.

Since both CIA and DOD elements are expected to employ the U-2R, the

base-line configuration must be established such that the minimum essential

operational requirements of each agency can be met (either via installed

equipment or provisions for the optional utilization of various reconnaissance

payloads, defensive systems, etc.). Additionally, maintenance and accounting

procedures must be developed which facilitate the rapid and economical interagency transfer of individual aircraft when required.

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OPERATIONAL UTILIZATION:

Allocation of production aircraft will be made at an appropriate future

date.

S2CURITY:

The System project Director is responsible for overall project security

in accordnaelwith established NRP security policies and procedures. The

U-2 program will be conducted under the IDEALIST project codeword and

all commur.icatio accordance with security control principles

prescribed in t '

curity Control Manual. Special security proc:-.3ures will be e a all contractor installations to provide for security

compartmentation between U-2R related activities and other U-2 work con- .

ducted at these facilities.

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CMde••• AFSC

N*O Comptroller

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