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Megoarendup for Colonel 

subj: • Report of Trip • 18Ter/lupe* (C/Op3), LtCol Frederic C. E. Oder; -21 September 1956, 27 Sep 56, Vatch. Ltr, The„Ramo-Vooldridge Co por-atice to LtCol F. Comiirter Developments, 8 oct 56. a*: E. Oder, subj:

6. MIPB,•

 LtCol Wanton A. Riepe, subj: Operational Conce 8 Oct 56.• pt for . WS 117L,

Ltr (O/GP3); LtCol Frederic Cc E. Oder, thr4 41TR Lockheed Aircraft -4.eolv to Lockheed Aircieft.Cnipciration 

Aitleatopei4e4essistAecenaciseenee.filyolgem142 subj :;Bridiing. tai Advanced ..aigt8. DP, icon to WDO, Attn:Major Sehiavo, subj; Electronic Ferret Reco Briefing- es Admixed nnaissance *stem, 12 Oct: 56.

Ur; WM% to WDZ, grubj: Brief Cona ing .on Adveinced Dlectronic Ferret

• Re gersance System, 12 Oet 56.

.

'Ur •

(C/Gp3), LtCol Frederic C. E. Oder Aircraft Corporation, aubil Use thra AFPRO to Lockheed • . of•Light the:VS*. Recongassanse Subsystem of 'vs Teehniques in 1174 15; oCt 56. 11. Mag. (C/Op3),, W1VR 10-6, 24 Oct 56.

:tor Tertune tend send 40/Spe), •subj.:..Secince

Aympncigm . at Faircbud Camera And .Inatctiment Corpon ossassa

ationo-29 Oct 56.

RanickiieFtwidafpeetroilicLimbi,

to .1po ard sub j: Opmvotonei: .Coneept for WS n7L,

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„'4W``,.±•`.' :

22. ' Memo for Colonel Terhune fro* Cal Frederic C. E. Oder, subj: Proposal

for WDD Management of leala, ,8 Mar 57.

VD Form 613 (C/(p3), EDS Project Card, Short Title: IMSFARS.U7L,

2 kar 57.

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.•• • •.•

: • 41*S for:Ool .Terhune (mo", -tieo. Col Frederic

Contractor *Coiiktition - W8 1l, 26: Feb 37.

c. Z. cow, =hi:

DD Form 613 (C/0p3), PrOject Card, Short Title: ERSSFARS, WS 117L, .

2 Vr 57.-

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• DD Form 613 (C/Sp3) RJB Prot Card, Data Processing Silbsistem for

-iesSi .=WS S21/11,4844,41F. •

. • ; 26. lotr (C/Gp3); Brig.Gen O. J"..Ritland to Majaen H. R. Estes., Jr, Asst

s. f. DC/Weapon System. Date/went #1, Hq ARDC, Wright-Patterson idi13, sub:

Coordination of WS41714.and.-WS-438L-Intelligencie Data Handling

Functions, .26 Apr ',57.

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27.

 dupe -cadtted

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28. . Uri WUC0 to MCPTF, Mr. RosisbCei-sida4,,uippeovel-osta&Begasigility Study,

ca 1148y 37, 43: Ina.: Draft •S)imOmmrst".?..ca"WOrk.. - • .•

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.:-meaorandun for Col Terhune; (C/(p3),:-14DZS, sub:. : Preparation:of

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oflittientific.,VSCs- of 21iStranti4CBM) Bart* I, Sumestry.. •

the Steal, 3 JAkt 57- -

Terhune, 4igizi Col'ilrederie C., E. °Clary:. .

Opera.ti. • •

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Lutelligai00106ont!iand Proces04 Support, d WS:117L, .

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xes, srl= 1-64, 1:5 Jeroe.

39. Memo to Depity Cciadr,. Weapon Systems, sad Col J. L. Eaton, •subj:

Survey or Research and DeviaMment Za BUD:Port . Or UtiAF Intelligence

and Reconnaissance Functions, 23 Jim 58, vil Incl: Ltr fras Office

of XG, USAF, Norton.,AFB, California, to Comdr, ARDC, same subj, -

undated.

110. DF, WDI'R to Writi 1DCZ, WDOA and WDS41, subJ. Surre3i', of Research and

Development of USAF •Intelligence and Reconnaissance Funetions,-f..,

32. Jan 58.

ha= -Misso to leneral.briaser (4GD3) ln........p., e "? , Ca Charle6 S.... Jr,

( ' *tit Ittiliteat:ix.:-. ifilteroefr. , efiitsIttettats..Pising

Subsysitma, 3 Feb rka. .

42, Memorandum for Col Te-rhunej wpm, agd Col Frederic C. E. Calk, SUbi :

. R-W Participation in WS 117L, 111, Feb 58.

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43.- Mato .forlGenaral. (C/Op3), VD*, agd-, Col Irraderic • C. R. Oder, •

frObj Prallmiziari.gviduation or Int Italy-08a, -18...7eb"58.

:4erao,,Zor . C64/ _Latina* (CAO).* WIER, sad BriaGen Ritlend, subj:

AielTechniCal. Information Center (AFCIN-4) Requirements in Support of

WD 'UM, 50.

16. Mela0 .105 * aim intbande- nov.tesiu.sat Mesa 12,4 Tarkane, subi ; StatO of Aiwa: Pnftng 261Noryt..

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53. semo for c oaaei $1Pact(

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C/Gp3), wnt;,. Awl cox 341440a

for WS 11710 .% jtvrt 5$r.

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System 117L:PrOgraM. Status.-Repuit (C/OP3); Tufr-Quartei: 30 Jun 58,- . - _ .

(ciGp3); liDG0-8- 14 -020049z711F58.

Let:Gard, subsii

'11

e"..; arr

MFR (c/GP3): nap 'se Ma3Cen.13. A. Saiirevert

Planning for w8-13.71,, 2 Jul 58.

Meg (C/Gp3), A,FOOP-PC-R 53126, 102050Z J ul 58.

Ltr, wrassR, sgd BrigOen .q. J. Ritlend, subj: Prelisizazy Operational

Concept WS 1171/ 15 :la 58.

Msg (C/Gp3), WD SR 7-25-E, 25 Jul 58.

60. Planning Document (CAW), Draft by. LtCol Schtly/er, 28 Jul 58.

41 : treaPe4

31 Jul.58:

tsts.t.o. )37111vgitts111. . 03 Terert lete?5,-! for *mmt4 Ending

62 Memo for Colonel -Curtin (C/Gp3), WDG, sgd biajGen B. A. Schriever,

subs : WS-117L B D Operations at Cooke.. Air Force Base, 6 Aug 58.

usS (0/GP8), AVM -056153i -P1'1'2'11141. 58. -

64. Weapon System 111/L Program Status -Report (C/ 3

31 Ms 58.

65* Hew far. Genera/ Ilene (0%3). 1/13(10,

: Changes. in wsAix.soheetthis; aa

/4Etitpic;PS),. pt4 19 231, 145/15z si-ti 58.

- -Ltr (c/ap31.,- wras% se:col J. L. _liana

IftfOrn01.":44 70reigilliatiO414/448444-

68. Weapon System 117L Program Status Reptirt,

30 Sep 58.. •

1:W.8110 or, WS'.117L

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14noirandua for theC :Roy V:..JoNnsOn',.

-subj:: - Status Report on fl1ser Senti7 4n4 59.-

-ARIA Order No. 9. 58 Amend No. 8, 5 eb 5%. .

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Cell. tivoiNc :Colonel Hamilton, 17 Feb 59.

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4-'1?.11:111' ••,••:-.••• . WINC0-14,

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 `Status RePrt : ( 1./ail3.)kor November 1

77. how (a/0), .0zri. 12-25-4, -.29- ..... • --•

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78, 'Mee (C/00,- ji.*Cii 5502e, Iii1*,-;tai.`59..

Amendments No 1 to 6 are contained in Document Volume

Ltr (C/Gp3), WDZM, sgd Col Richard D. Curtin for Ma3Gen B. A.

Schriever, toast CotS for :Mg.:1W Miesileit, Hq USA!, subj.:

WS 11711 Program, 28 Jin 59. •

Lt.r- (C/GP3), WM, eel Col Richard D. Curtin for MajGen B. A.

Schriever, to Car .ARDC, subj. WS 3171p-Prtpgram, 30 Jan •59d

.824. •34111g.,0140.1, •..141:01 2* .et. ..30511 Sllara

83. DOD Directive No. 5129.1, 10 Feb 59.

•

$4. • Ltr (C/Gp3), WD7M, sad •BrigGen 0. J.,Ritland, to Mat CotS for Guided

miSsiles, Ng USAF, subj Wfl7LProgram, a Feb 59.

85. Ltr (C/Gp3), WDZW, sad Brie:lam-O. J. Rttimn4., to Casar AMC, subj:

86.: Memorandum for the Secretary of. .the% Air Force (C/G0), ARPA, sgd

Roy W. Johnson, Director, subj Policy Relating to the Official

Identification of Projects DISOOWNER, ONNTRY,- ad iMAS, 12 Feb 59.

,• 87: Le, (AC (SMAMA), sgd Me.jGer;Iregsver:Si-fre to Chad; AMC ,'

subj: Support of-Space Progrems,, 13 .-Feb .

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MajtvatiliA:..seboeilefti t0. lent I. Xtz,t"

nsub3, 3 Dec 58. -

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-•• .••• -•

79.. • ARPk-Order /mend No.'7, 19 Jan .59. (ARPA.Order Na: 9-58 and .

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WS 117L Program, 11 Feb 59„,-
19

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-toi:100.41id Aircraft 0orporationT

74;213ifisi 'Practices,- 17'Mar

DOD Directive NO. 5105.4 ivotio), .17 Mar 59...

Ltr WDG sgd 241.30en B. A. Egibriiiver, to Croe let Missile Division,

aubj: SuPport Requirements for the tieetry. Program, 19 Mar 59.

Ltr (C/023), AFDAT , sgd BrigGen N. A. Boushey,. Comdr, REND, sub j:

Management of Sentry, 25 Mar 59'.

99. VI LBJ to LBG-2., Weekly Diary 24 thru 26 Mar 59, 26 Mar 59.

100-. ABPA Order no. 9-58 Amend No. 9 (/%3), 1 APr 59.

Meg teitt,3),IM-1-.St-ry 4* 59• ti

ARP 'Order No. 448 Aaend..No. 10 (C/sp3), r

• liemorand*.for.-,Deratkies, Directors And _Chiefs of ComiiarobleOffiCes,-

fray DA1', sgd Marian Jacob N. &Dart; subs. Responsibility for Space

Projects, 6Air • • • •

Ltr IC/ 3).. dig ast Nissi3.e 14a; Elam Davi& WadA, to MI6; sub): Support Nardi-silents for he Sentri Program es 13 APt;,,•

• • . • . • •

-96.

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195. AIWA Order No. 9 ,58' Mend No., U (O/Gpa)), 14 Apr .59•
*C.

*i'fl•tr' (8/0P3), -wrIZIPI

..- J. Ritlead to *MI& ItGAT),

subj: Transmittal of Deitel Plans, 18 Jul 59.

Ltr (S/Gp3), WDZWT, sgd Col Richard- D. Curtin, to ARGC (RDZCAll Col

Worthn, subj: Short Title: ma SRP, 18 Jul 39.

MFR (FAFE0), sgd Ltrol George S. Mathews, subj: Tale:son between

Colonel Wikstrom and Lt Colofiel Mathews this offiee,-24 Jul 59.

ARP.a.Order No. 9-60 Amend NI* 13,...30 Jul 59.

. 

192, WDG. , subj: Telephone Call Zr.m General. Seinatenme iteneral.

.lettled1; 31. 170.-39. •

123- Hag. (8/00), ing0W0-31-7-38-Z, 3118002 all 59.

124.. - itr (S/0p3), AMC, sgd LtGen S. A.-Stihriever,...tat Gennral. Thomas

Con, u8A/74 : 410 80i.: X Aug . 59.

Li;r-18/Gp3), DAP) . sgd .:Gen Curtis E. Lew, to Ccevir, APO,- subj:

Assignment of4pe.rational Planting Responeibilitr. 45".Aug

126; 'Hag (000), ISP 963459, 070824Z Aug.59.

S/023.), IMPCR, sgd, Co]. Frederic C. K. Oier for MOO*" G. J.

dr to ;Director, Mtn,. eurtitStiegral-arttlaart

or the Month a Jay 1959y-7 Aug 59 

c 506, 1320L2921 Aug

Atzei.4.0*7 itgc**0 4T. Meant to.

—4•AAW44 *I1b4 : Aialgament,,af Personnel at.

WDI-841-E[101,Auje.59.2- 

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411A), " Obit "fransmitt fir of thejliseal Tsar budget ittiete,•

9 sep 59-

138. Ltr (8/Gp3), , DSSP, sot Col• John F. Batjer, to. SAC (DPL), subj: Assignment of Operational Flaming Responsibility, 10 Sep; 59.

339. * (S/Gp3), 10 965117 tram ARPA, .1017362. Sep' , 9.

110. Ltr (S/Qp3), LtGen B. A. Schriever to Gen Thomas D. White, no eubj,

15 Sep 59•

Meg 'MO), trai -Mit SAC, titBd1e74 SO. "59. e.

.1.42. Memorandum far The Chatham, -Jaimt Chien of ataff (C/oP4),

Coordination of Satellite and- e 'Vehicle Opmrationa, 18-40'59.

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143. Ltr (=JO, from Eq. USAF sgd-Cen Curtis 3« TAW, to doer 4RDC, subj:

Air:ForCe.Responsibilities to Other. Elernts- the DOD for Spaoe

''Agreanient for CoordinatiePeiCatime Operation Of the Pacific Missile

RaniPi 22-Sep 591

..40 . 4$*•

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nc Sefi

147 Meg (siap3) i ..A,VDPS forstmaleege;.:-3004SP:Sep

(staid), =MEW

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(a/0p3?/ fa Comdr.
/0P3)) tcl.usAP

3.52. AREA Ort*Ii). 9-

153, ' a (S/GP3) WDED-lag,11„1$

(s/cip3)ou Cr oma ARDc to Aniv, 2110352 Oct

155 . Meg (8/693Y;.-P11 11610 Atakt4953,08 -2314 (ti

.156 n Sag ( SAW fm AFDC RDRRB-23-31-E, 2317154 Oct 59.

157. miision. Statement 6594th Test Wing . (S/Ga), Mk) (ARDC), 26 Oct '59.

Interoffice Correspondence (C/Gp3), STL, R. F. Mettler to MajGen , O. J. Ritland, sing: Operating Concepts for Military Satellite

Systems, 2 Nov 59..

Meg (S/Gp3), WDZSO-11-1 -4, 3 Nov 59.

• MFR (s/Gp3) subj: SAMOS, MIDAS and zD313COVERSR Programa, 6 Nov 59.

Msg (s/Gp3), fin dINCSAC, DPL 3/4298, o60oi0z Nov

r.

Ltr (8/Gp3), AFB?iD (WIPCR),. to Director ARFA, • subj.: SACS Program

-Report), 31 Oct 59, 9 Not 59..

163. .A1= Form 111, subJ: Advanced Rectenhissance-Nyaber4. 13, So*

3E4. :Meamondwi for the &creamy of.the Air 'Fore* (8/13p3), :SODAssut0:.

Transfe.r of 'the SA 140: • ievilopment Program to the'Departmenttofthe

Air Force, 17.Nov 59.

Msg (S/Gp3), WD71?-11-64,- 17 Nov 59..

Meg (S/Gp,), eXtiaSAC DPI 4985, 010130Z Dec 59.

167. ARPA Order No 940 Amen0.40. (,cfcp3).,. 3* Dee 59.

168.. Ltr.. (c/qpyi wiz to Dr.. Mettlei:), subj SonCept

fay miliIWZDatent ;Systems, 1 Dec 59.

gag. CO :0421224 Dec 59.

MeaMSitifidisikiOr t e''Asjitjxta4 Sicritary of

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3. 114 59 .

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175 . Meg (8/43P3:); SAC Prtutt:Ait .t‘ rots 1 usfil

'5i14,. Dec 59.

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189. --Ltro AIPBMO(WDZ); to-WD, subj: VTe1t • tbfiK45 ,Adiipeirt:Group on. Bloctr.:a#.0., (Baker costs..,_' an J42X14rAa tdhs.:„.„

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16: *a (046); SAF aff4i Als to ARDC, VC 5541, 161725 De 59.

177. 14t2 fie:Condry AIWC to General Thee= S. Amer, CIRCSAC, no Bojo- 15 Dec 59.

•178. Report (8/Qp3), subj: Principal Problems of for Air Commands,

21 Dee 59.

Keg (5430, fin RDSAF,AFDPS 98212, 2121412 Dec 59.

Nag (s/0p3), fin Hq USAF to SAC, AMC 98219, 2121562, Dec 59.

181- meg, (3/023)1 - fn ellICSAC, Ma 5919, 3023002' Deg 59.

182. ,Meg (s/cp3), ftn MKS to .D4 ARnz, wur-12-14-4, 11 bee .51. n

183.. Meg (S/0P3), fel SAC to Con, info: AIM, 'IC 0206, 4 Jen1644,

306 . Meg (SAO), fm ADC to MOW, ADLEM111-1, 041922Z Zen 60.

285. Meg (s/Gp3), Zn ARDC to AFBMD.,"-RDERB-4-1- 10, 0112120Z Jan 60%;

186. )11* (C/CP3), fin R USA*, OTO0V0145,. O72251 Jan 6of

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Ltr .(S/(p3), ArORQ-VB,to•Meabert,..Weepoal.BOarcl •i • -eapj: -Report of • • ,•

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*qv (s/c0), SAC to Cof8 OW; VC . .01e4.19,4e3r6wi,• . •

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lieapone Boated Meeting 601, 1I Jan 60.
_DaveloPmerrt„plana; 30 Jani:10.:.-

,a.); fik.AFBmtto -CofS, info";

8/.0%)!FL :Siiitietited ARePs`

Feb 60. •

4t.,:rm sci-u0Ar; APPily 707032 1-50571440'

#1' SAC bittE • tO C*CSACi bl*;244E; 16 Fá

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MemoFSPAO* for Secretary of the Air'Force (S/Ore)i . agd .Rerbert F. York,

- subJ10Amtel,-*Omme..am4404PY.ERXRleseardlep&Der*400040.,Prcetmi:.;,:

and Development/OperatiOnal Plias keir SAMOS:.and4IDAS FrOgrOSS;)

20 Apr 60.

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-1m)B. Ltr (S/Sp3),• DAF (AFTWARI /Roso--: oe VilECOlil IN • A Eaploitar.

; Ferguson, subJ: TIcd ISIr:ta

•• tioti of Initial SA,40g1; j1Cttai::Pt, .4r.01111 

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Ltr (S/CiPB)s- ARDe 4RD7' Wes

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chronO10Ear.(8/GP3), 17 Feb

fie sta USAF to Alnr'and ARDc.i AF$31! and thW 73993,

2 fra712Z Feb 60.

,..159g Ur (S/GP1): fa WDZ to ACRD, slibj: Joint French - U. ,d,1411itaxy

2o0. Current Status Report (S/op3), Feb 6o.

201. .111tatus Report - SAMOS (S/O03), Mar 60...

Memorandum for the'Secretary of the Air Force (S/Gpy subj:

Intelligence System SAMOS0 APr 6o. ffirittan 7 Dec 5

•

Current Status Report .(s/ç3), Apr 60.

Ltr, AMC egd MajGen Jammed Ferguson to AFBM15, ensbjr Mar Participation, .12ARDC, 

60, sr/1 Ata: Policy Statement.

Satellite Project, 29 Feb 60.

202.

206. .Ltr (0(3), Lockheed. Aircreft::•Dorporation to AFBMD, 810)11 Augmented

Re-Entry and Recovery prOgriaga 19 May do; wil Atch:Proposed. Augmented

,.:Re-Entry & Recovery prOgrma.

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207: 14sg (S/Gp3), tm AFBMD to ..kme, wrekdifigto. 2k. Vag 63%,
(s/ctp3)•finusg cots,7

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istr'(0/093), ► Ii3ckhee4 Aircrekt Corp, to AFBMD,

Re-entry fwd, Recovery

2 Jun-60c v Sghoet)

4404 ettillAmti rap/302527: • •

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„,„Ltrstisiqp,3.), Ate. to APORQ (den Smith), subj: letter of Nonconcurretre,

21 'Alien W, via mtchs.

Back-up" Material for Secy Oates presentation to the President.AS/Gp3),

subj: SAMOS, 23 Jun 6o..

Ltr (0%4) r SAC. )(00t AC, to Major Spindler, subj: SAMOS, 21* Jun 60.

219. : Ltr (B/Gp3), se.Gen Thanes S. Parer, CinCSAC to Can 'Thomas D..Vhite,

USAF CofS, no subj, 24 Jun 60.

220: Ltr (S43), sgri.Gen Thomas S. Patter, CM:SAC to LtOen Bernard A.

Vhriever, tti '7C, "ne Siaja "24'Mr*.

.Ltr (SAW) Sq'TISAF, AFCIti to MID, *AMA, Li* Jun 60

SSS (8/0p3), fm AFDS,D-AT, sgd John L. Martin Jr, subj: SAmOS, 27 Jun 60,

wito Atchs.

'223. "Irbrls/Gp3), sgd-Col B. 4thasktmen, Satelld.te elligenc.e

Requirement Comb ittee to Secretary, United States *equiremients Ccomaittee,

subj: 2ransmittati of intelligence Requireients fcir Satellite Ifeconnaissance 'Systems of lihtch'SAMOS is en Abrampie, 29),Amt 60, vr/i. Atch:

Proposed letter of SOD.

..2244 SUpplementa/ fq USAF Cadence to AREC, WC and ADC CsenceraingASAMOS

4-4/0561; 29 -.Tun 46.

• 225 Ltr (S/Op3), fln Bs USAF, Offic.e CofS, AFCCS, to. Gen Thcise.a R. Fairer,

CINCSAO, subj. : SAMOS,: 29 Jud 60. - - • -- -

ifil`to

un,60, vier.

Ltr

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(s/o551, ,HgrUSAP, AIN214-PN/Panel, to ReeonnaiSi4noe ..parkei. and, SAMOS

ti • Aieggiers, Subj:.....Mliautdi of Joint Meet of :.Reconnaissance

1 Jul 6o, -Jul ,

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A4r:Boree'reseir0h and . doyespnent program, and Reconnaissance Pane has enjoyed

its Share if the enthusiast with slack this challenge ii being met. 'To.laniCha

group ofsetallitelthieles and maintain than orbits several hundred miles Vbbve

the earth seems to all of us's. great enterprise to the tradition. of Doled.

itasys i clipper ships aud the Wright Brothers , airplane. .

The prospect if utilising such vehicles for aerial reconnaissance has been one

of the strongest incentives in their devenmient. Beginning with early BAND studies

the possibilities of television and ferret satellites have, been discussed and explorild.

At the present tine, three major systems studies are in progress under AMC sponsorship.

Each of these . Studies is motivated by the conviction that military intelligence of great

value will be obtainable iron reconnaissance satellites. There is a strops &sire by

all concerned to reinforce this conviction with experimental evidence onto° crucial

questionst

that is the Characteristic image detail required for recognition of

important intelligence targets?

at is the image quality obtainable with the different satellite

systole now contemplated?

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Heavier demands will be placed on the technical performance of all components and sacrifices will have to be made in either completecess of cover or frequency of surveillance.

THS RiCONDISSIMOR PANEL Bums= Dimon= CONCENTRATION or sm Racomtsaaca

WILLITS INP'FORT ON HI= RESOLUTION DUO SIMMS LINED AT TM RI000117101 OF MOUND

OBJECTS WITH OHARACTSRISTIO DISIONEONS OF 20 FM OR IESS. T R DEVEI011001T OP PIONEER

SEARCH STSTDIS OF SUBSTANTIALLT MIER RESOLUTION APPEARS JUSTIFIABLE OILY TO THE ETTER

TO VIM SUCH arena NAT MI 11110ESSARI STEPS IN RiiLIZING THE PRIMARY HIGH RISOLUTION

00AL, OR II DIISOTDIO TM RON RESOLUTION STSTINS TO PICIORITT !AMOS'S.

The achievement of a high resolution satellite system will be contingent on competent improvements of substantial magnitude in such different fields as attitude

control and stabilization, photosensitive materials, image storage device' and physical

recovery techniques. System contracts will be most fruitful if they provide financial

latitude for fundamental component improvement work in areas specified by the systems

contractors.

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The. current system design studies in this field have been greatly benefited by the

Air Forces program of giving the contractors a broad background of intonation on

militazy objectives. The Panel wishes to endorse the view that the challenging problems

of satellite reconnaissance will be most effectively solved if the contractors ! mobjeetive is not a vehicle of specified performance, nor an IMO: recording system of

npelified eharacteristics, but rather a set of intelligence results-of high military

value.

TIM MI001111ISSA10E PANELS.

SUBATICTs Report of Trip 18-21 September 1956

Together with Lt. Colonel item I attended a. two day

briefing at ROO cm the um technical suppert.progrma at that

winter. A Olt of the agenda is attarftd. UDC is responsible

 and

ling Task under ,the aid Project 11354 • • With a few exceptions the UDC support of le 31.7L is wall

conceived effectively operated. The Center has establiehed an

ABS Special Research Studies Group tinder the charimanship of Dr.

Donntan MacDoneld of Boston University for the purpose of regularly

relieving and evaluating the center efforts in support of IS 117L.

At the briefing the Research Studies Group was represented by Dr.

MacDonald, Kr. Walter Levin% Boston University, and Kr. Marin

Kate of RAM. Their critique of the RADC presentation was very

worthwhile and should serve as excellent guidance to the Center.

3. I discussed with Center and Lockheed representatives

(headed by lir. Libby and Kr. Salter respectively) their respective

roles in the teehnical areas involved in regard to lB 117L. I told

them that it was the position of this office that, subject to the '

availability of funds and desireability of program, vs would continue supporting the center effort as long as it furnished valuable

guidance and inputs to cur pluming and that of Lockheed. I pointed

out, however, that this 'did not relieve Lockheed of the responsibility

at insuring necessary input' to the system development proven in the

subsystem areas concerned in their role as prime systems contractor.

I stated (with RADC agreement) that in would encourage Lockheed

working directly with the Rare contractors provided that this did not

involve Lockheed redirection of the RADC contractor's- effort. If

Lockheed felt that redirection of effort was necessary this could

only be accomplished by their request through us to Rome: Zn answer

to a question fraa Mr. Salter, I stated that we would have no objection to Lockheed establishing a suboontractual relationship with

the Rome contractors any different than the ooneiderations Involved

in ary propoind Lockheed subcontractor. We would, however, want to

be seemed that no duplidation of effort between Roes sod Lockheed

was.svident since- this. would be a waste _of lands. • ,

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SUBJECT: Use of Light Amplification Techniques in the Visual

Reconnaissance Subsystem of WS 11Th...

TIM: Air Force Plant Representative

Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

P.O. Box 551

Burbank, California

TO: Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Missile Systems Division

ATTN: Ni. J. H. Carter

P.O. Lox 5014

Sunnyvale, California

DOWNGRADED AT 12 YEAR

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6, It is reccamended that light amplification techniques be

investigated as a possible means of increasing the capability of the

Visual Reconnaissance Subsystem of 1$ 117L.

SIGNED

FREDLMIC C. C. ODU

• Lt. Colonel, USAF

Assistant for WS 117L

Technical Operations.

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Colonel Terhune

General Ritland

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SUBJECT: Recomaissance Symposium at Fairchild Camera and

Instrument Corporation

The Reconnaissance Symposium at Fairchild Camera and

Instrument Corporation was attended by Captain Troetschel and

Captain Conway of the WS 117L office.

The equipment displayed and discussed was photographic

eqUipment for the RB..58 Weapon System. This included aerial

cameras and ground photographic processing equipment..

3. The aerial cameras shown do not have the resolution

capability required for WS 117L and are not applicable to the

program. The suitability of the ground processing equipment

would require further investigation which was not possible at

the Symposiva. Discussion of WS 117L applications was not

attempted for security reasons..

It. An interesting device shown was an Ultrasonic Light

Modulator which might possibly have some application in video

recording. It was stated that one hour of video information

could be stored on 1000 ft. of 70 mm film with this device.

This study has been performed by Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corporation under Air Force Contract No. 33(039)-9339,

and monitored by VELRW at Wright Air Development Centers Wright..

Patterson Air Force Baaes Ohio. We are requesting the technical

reports on this study for further investigation.

Lt. Colonels USAF

Assistant for WS 117L

Technical Operations

CONWMADED AT 12 YEAR

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LOS AlliELIS 45.CALIFORNIA

October 1956

lf. L. Hibbard

Senior Vice President

Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

P. O. Des 551

Burbank. California

Dear Hall:

For some time The Ranto-Wooldridge Corporation's Commenicatinas Division has been successfully producing sad delivering certain

electronic equipment for a highly classified mission. This mission

has required from us some rather remarkable developments of

airborne equipment oa an unprecedented time schedule. The techniques needed. wore very advanced, so that the project was difficult

both from the standpoint of research and development and production. We are very proud of the work that we have accomplished on

this project. and are naturally very iaterested in seeing the results

applied to ether projects where applicable. WS 117L appears to

as to be such a project.

As you probably know, R.W did not seek systems responsibility

for the 1171. project, the major reason being that we wished to

maintain ourselves as eligible for hardware development and production. For one thing, we felt that we might be is a position to

make an important contribution to this program hardware-wise

because of the similarity that we thought might exist between what

our Communications Division had already done and what Weapon

System 1171. requires.

Uufertenately. until recently the security rules applying to our

work were so restricting that it was net possible for us even to

disclose this work to the key people of year orgaaisation on 1171.

(sad net even to the key people of WDD). General Indeed has been

y aware of our Miles* because he was concerned with it from

the Washington end Were joining WDD. He is aware of this letter

to you. sad feels that full knowledgodollity of our work is this area

would be beneficial to you as the 1171. project. A recast relaxing

of the security restriction has made it possible for us to disclose

this work to the key WDD officials involved in 1171.. Also, at this

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secesseibi pm*t et year project, tie Web it desirable for yen

to visit as. Then yet can shWerro.all ;vests a the progrem,

cladtog 60 iglaiesseei itself atel'air facilities for prodeeing it.

whilo the sesurity rertridiene bate been relaxed. awl bare sot

been lilted to the attest tblIPWO Cam be teensistely ire* is our imitation to yea act. attend:am Since SOMII lead time is required,

I did seine ammo* and bare already Mitts**. rbaturgi that is

addition Co yourself, Louie Miaow sad Jack Caster 1M cleared

to bare 1)all &arose? 117 the time. yea 'rill have !rtald skim and have been

able to-chose. idiom ri Yi$t hene. vs abalr Probably /ov• a ma

iiiassanci for yea. -firmation 

I hope to boar from you that you aro indeed interested in /Aoki** into

this possibilities, and that you and year associates will nom over

for a presestattioa. 11 yea can do so. I would sanest that you choose

some coorniag sad remain to be oar guests at hutch.

Sincerely, '

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Stiscative Vice President

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Iv Several iimpaisations were eateldered as being "pale of studylag the prob- lem* of ea oalsolitimml AM. Seat, sehidliarity with the ASS and the ability of the

Orpottestiest to outset the neeeseller Paw 11 th• ealallaitT rodaed this peep darn to the Sad Cerporattes sad the Advaaeed Study Group of the

Aiat PetwirOW kawad• This welds* as diseased with fklekel Vannes Ike approved of istaselly dismissing this with Rand as a possible psalm' for thee to seasider as

part of US, program of studies for th. Mr Toros.

_3, Mit* Sala, Chief of the Seilasering Division of Rad ) assigned the problem

of -donsituttbo Operatiosel Coseept ad ectlising the study tom reSsiressata to

itts A* Bs life. Herten Darla, who have Lad eeverol session with Lieutenant C.1 Slope ooh this Wise. sears, Kato and Davies have indisated that there is eeseialereble Merest within Saud Is the problem, Sesever, they have requested the WS to state their Est in the results of sash a study to the )1aessesent of the Rad Cerperaties, The expressioa of this sDD !Merest and the outline of the problem

as we see it is the papas of the attaehed letter to laid.

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The me:maim:ice nission may be considered in three operational phases. The

Sej first is concerned with the reconnaissance problem in peacetime, the second with infor-

. nation relative to a D-day strike, and the third wl.th.wartime recconaissance. Technical

aboamplisinent of the task in these three cases might require different reconnaissance

systems and, in addition, political conaiderations enter. in connection with prewar

**Connaissance activities. It would be well, therefore, to discuss these tasks .separetell.. The discussion will be limited to aerial reconnaissance systems and will not

Gonna= itself with the special problems associated with limited. wars.

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. The peacetime reconnaissance mission, is, in the main, directed at providing .a

coixtinuous high order of intelligence data on the entire spectra' of the *nay' a wax.

asking potential and a continuous assessment of the probability that a surprise attack

night be lunched. Unfortunately, at present, even pioneer-type infornetton does not

appear to mist insofar as the USSR is concerned. It is, of course, obvious that

precision napping of the entire area is a basic requirement for the intelligence job..

During the 101,. intercontinental distance ties will, be established to a high degree of

accuracy and with pioneer' 'reconnaissance information it would than be possible to 4..

' locate accurately *ay twist point in the USSR with respect to% erg pOint in this country.

.next essential step beyond thepioneer napping requirement is the definitiezt.A„;,

of t - `target Ganges to required accuracies. Soft targets, such as cities • Will harve-7;:.

...ated through the Simple mapping function, but the major problems well involve4:.

4.4."qu.cti.ns such as sweet* :militias, strategic sit bases and in particular,

targets such as ICBM launch ciOnplexeli. Alatlipigh: all of these can probablir.':i*ir.'

144 fairly reedi)y. during eeeetntetiee :Pbeee5s= it Yu" be exceedingly difficult,

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.-- -momatte of equipaent, perainnel, ass coistructien, and, in particular, the detection

ot. pea cal preparattons ihich nay suggest hostile' intent. A useful. adjunct woold.also

be thi: gat,hering of weather information over the USSR, and the improvement of meteerologiaal f'orecasting for this area of the world.

Mesa considerations tions iaply, therefore, a continuous and comprehensive monitoring job.

An important elmeent of 'a reconnaissance system is, of course, the capability for

detection of initial attack. As *satiated above, an effective wets will have the

capability of *Blessing warlike preparations and of causing the activation of Alert

procedures. The immediate and positive identification of the first act of war then

becalms paramount.

lathe post Ii-day period, the major functions of a reconnaissance syilmtwill be

0 book damoge.asselament, the location of new targets for the stretagiclempons, monitoring of the enegr i s capability and direction for continuing tuition, and the detection

of new attacks.

As will be developed in later portions of this report, the only systat which appears

to hays the capability of accomplishing all thaw tasks satisfactorily is a suitably

instrumented reconnaissance satellite. Its capabilities and. its potential valuesuggest

an active program to bring such a reconnaissance system into being at an early data.'

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peacetime recommissance !motions that have been discussed is tealisable with high

altitude aircraft and balloons. Such a program would, obviously, .be of great vain*. /

Mile the use of reconnaissease satellites poses certain politioal questitms

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The most fruitful methods for the collocation of rimonnaissance data at the present

time appear to be photographic, radar, infrared, and electromagnetic teohniptes, and

combinations thereof. The usefulness of these methods depends upon a number of factors,

including resolution, coverage, semi* during acquisition, all-weather operations,

and vulnerability to countermeasures. In addition, sash factors as else, weight and

complexity, and installation and maintenance difficulties most be considered.

At the present time, photography gives the best resolution and is the most valuable

tool in high altitude reconnaissance. However, in connection with the use of film, it

appears highly desirable to pursue programs for the development of files that are insensitive to radiation. These are important iron the consideration of effectiveness

against countermeasures. Blurring, due to ground motion, is eliminated by swinging

'punts or by continuous strip photography using .a awing file. Ifr theieneans and by

special stmts to minimise engine vibration, resolutions on the order of 40 lines par

millimeter can be achieved with reconnaissance aircraft. -Among the limitations of this

tool are the needs for adequate weather conditions and adequate light, and the fact that

the photograph must be brought back to base to be useful. Television reconnaissance

techniques are under investigation to eliminate the last linitation. -However, television

is even more lImit.d as regards lighting conditions, and compared to an area photograph

it has very-inadequate resolution.

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Itsoonnaissanoe radar is valuable for radar charting, for all-weather navigation and

bombing, anat.: for data collecting ender nominal conditions. Penetration of cloud layers

Ant thick and through areas of light rain and snow is possible. •Ifigh

'Is limited to a range of ten miles on either side of the air vehicle, which

large amber of paths would have to be traversed to scan the vavast torte 4 hod. The greatest weahmess-ar radar is -the matter of security

tacture are detectivle and very vulnerable to B. Radara also

of electric powsr,.tt,opetaatma... :This_p_onerlmust be oleselyiiiptWiden, the-7-0.4.0*".004-0Wil,aiii..i.iiitt.-

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satellites that, operate in ciroular orbits 300 miles above the earth's surface

will travel about 5 idler per ascend and sake 16 revelations aramd the earth per

day. A single satellite in a polar orbit idu make four passes par day en the

average over a square area 2000 ni,les on a side and *entered at 50° latitude. •

A Queer* could be mounted in a satellite that is attitude stabilised to about

one degree. litith the use of a six-inch focal. 3ongth and line grain contdmuous strip

file', it should then be possible to obtain a resolution of 100 lines per itillinster,

b\ which is equivalent to a 100 to 200-foot resolution on the groend. By this method a

satellite can continuously photograph a sone 100 idles wide at a rate of 500 square

idles per second,. Two passes per day during daylight hours would yield photographs of

400,000 square miles per day. An area of four idllion square miles would this take

ten days to photograph if no cloud cover intervened and if there were ne overlap of

zones. Itultiplying the tine by three to compensate for these factors, we arrive at

about a aenth to asp out the satire area.

During the operation the film wou.ld pass through the camera at about 1110 of an

inch per second. ilien sufficient avosed film was acensulated, the film would be

developed, dried, and stered . pending readout. Readout could be accompLished as soon

as conemication had been established with the grirond station. by enanning the exposed

film with a narrow best of light, converting the emerging bean into electrical tapeless, and tranmnitting this modulation to the ground. .To reproduce the pictures

transmitted by the satellites essentially the reverse prestos 'would be carried out

on the ground.

The time that will. be required for I satellite to phOtograret an area in the

meaner described above is roughly independent of the miss of the area. -It will take.

;beat a meth, whether it is a porkLce of. ISSAS or the combined continents of Asia

asid . lurepe. -The anettab of film and *initial however; ii.11 be proportional to the

siss .o.r . the territorrpheitographodjimi-will . .the ingereatica to be_reami oat.

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bid targets a • desired to a resolution of 17.feet.

Satellites for visual resOnnaissanse at higher altitudes are sometimes discussed

and higher *lilted* has sans advantage. At higher atitudes, satellites have greater

*overage of the pound and are harder to destroy by maw action. A third advantage

is that a system' of interommenicatiag satellites for instantaneous global *overage

can be aseagolished with fewer satellites at higher altitudes.

Higher altitude, however, has disadvantages such as a longer comunisetion link

with the ground station and less payload for a given propulsioa mama. In addition,

if one desires resolution approaching the details discussed in the proceeding paragraphs, significantly higher altitude 'offers a very serious disadvantage in that the

requirement for a masers of longer focal length mast be associated with better attitude

stabilisation. It turns out that the restoring torque dais to gravity, which is relied

upon for attitude stabilisation, varies inversely with the third power of the distance

from the *enter of the earth. A satellite with an eight-heur period at an altitude of

about 7500 miles would therefore have about 1/27 of the restoring torque that would be

ccerionsed by a satellite at an altitude of 300 miles. -Similarly, the so-called 21ihour satellite which has the advantage of staying above the maw portion of the earth

indefinitely melt have a restoring torque amounting to about 1/200 of that experieneed

by a 300-mile altitude satellite. , Experienee at the lower altitude may, howler, serve

to develop the tochnical skins that will. be required to rive to higher orbits.

An ICBM alts teen of megawatts of infrared radiation during beset, and it elan ,

therefore be detested readily at distances of thousands of miles in the absence of

water vapor: tam vier aly • part of Bessie, a satellite in a 1000-mile orbit would be

able to mean all of the Muntry alunttanocusly with instant signaling of I0111 launch

observations to a station in Greenland. A single satellite could detect lainch points

to approximately 50 miles, count the number of ICBM and giie a rough idol if the

di r t3aa in whieh_ the attack is being lamehed. .App-foximataly*dosen satellites •

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modest =tendons of it. Al.]. of than are secure in the sense that there would be no

my for an enemy to know that reaonnaissance activities were being carried cm.

Radar is net considered to be a useful technique in a satellite platform for two

reasons. First, a large amount of power would be required. Sesand, adequate resolution

does not appear to be feasible at the present time. Ii addition, of course, radar •

scanning would be observed by the an and would be subject to jamming.

In the discussion so far it has beam assumed that the information in the satellite

will be comnunicated to the ground by electronic readout. This is necessary if the required information is to reach our intelligence centers as soon as possible. Under

certain circumstances, however, it *ay be desirable to consider physical recovery of

information by such means as ejection of a re-entry capsule. This procedure is net •

impossible, but does present a nignificant development effort. It miht be necessary,

however, to resort to this technique if maw jamming of our ground stations made it

difficult or impossible to acquire the needed information. Similarly, if one wonted

to acquire information at too great a rate for readout, physileal recovery might be

desirable. For eamiple, there night be a need to map the entire U.d.S.R. and China

plus all Iron Curtain countries within one month. In this ease the beat procedure

eight be to photogragh the mehole area and eject the film in a re-entry capsule man

the job is done.

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Requirawnts No. 5. On 11n) recognises this used end charges domplopint.:St an lateLligence data handling Amnia for IS . 117L operations to the

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• • zw.ligivapat Oitste:for...aereqo4hiAiond tditalF information

.tho,eiddie mar intautires • arganisaidtai to asks far

akeningful IntOrpilltatiroi. aid evaluation . .of , the insults and nest important fie the

efficient iiiiitzol• a oper nd ettas of this cane= Alle gots!.

f. Drtelligenee informal= integration at an early all source oral**.

tics point is the' first bast* step 'tower* intogratiug all at the special intoilligame

). operatics*. It is therefore believed that the . JIMS sin give great impetus toward

this nosh Deeded integration and Ointual control at collodion operations . become at

its required direst tdia , to the users aid its capability to simply important awl pOssin

bly aajor .0olleanca . suppert to each of these iklread? . going operettas.

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go DeVolopamit of the AIM in addition to supporting the intelligence

Ocassead.ty salt be geared -to. operatimaLly support the intelligasee timing reellresaute Imposed br Midi new liespons as the IOW and lin, These reqpirelsats dictate

laminate mad direct 'ABS tie to these propels , far targeting aid ISLA purposes*

h. The ARS min prodeee . a product thigh requires ground data handling

equivalent, tschniques, People and an orgehleation tp utilise tip colleited Product.

This drillbe a sow addition to the present Air,:Toree structure, the timing aid dela..

Opment of Iasi& mat arta with the VS dflelopirst and operation,' and mast mesh with,

support and Amine feedbacks. froa taftlien Sperating and planned intelligence ern

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:*4 pm:Ovide equipment and

of the P6.1341002*000"1104.1*Pl1truesat aalkiar

L. ork is nsimreitt.: to developi :.protore,..install and test the Individual

of sqits in preparation t.-a441. s1. 1 year "yetis test tinder

,000.10n01 . conditions in t13tilt during eats yeaT- 1960.

(a) AP -latallista_s• Data. HaarnAair siatas Da.Osa awl DwvolopnMnt,

:et #4588. 

(b) Operstionil Intelligence Data Dindling (Jarberne), Project #4061.

. • Co) Disperpal Baps Data Handling, *4AI/A #5537.

(d) puipar Remomnaismanee Technical Pro/massing Control,

Project #4586.

(0) Electronic Data Frog:easing, Project #5532.

(1) Rapid. Reaction Data Randling, Project #5533.

A (g) latelligonce Lihraii.NSAinfiation, Project 4591.

(h) Qualitatiire Personnel Requirenents, Project $730. *

0 (3) The development program as noted acid.. libels portions of the

standard operational' intelligence system, such as the intelligence estimating

functions within the D/I, Del MO and ATIC, and the target material production

work at AOIC and E4 RAC; and does not include development work fir or further

fluty of the spools]. or *Mmitioil 'paten.- It nevertheleos does cover mew of the

cemlonfnnetions afth-as photo, radar and infra-red interpretation techniones

and eqpipmentsi ciding.and indexing sihemeavdeomment and graphic storage

facilities and devices, displas computatien-and data reductiogequipment and

diseenination equipments and preeedur01,-Wk nay, in one !comer another, be

applieehamrin pert to the other areas.,..It . ii important to not. that the

ordantation of this work takes into ac0Ont the type of prodnal7ind appredmate

volume ilAmrthat-an overseas theatrellr7 13end will pridlotahly experience in

the 1960-1963 time period.

(4) !ending appratal for the development °Ohio motes is still not

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WA* to flagin the Rretieles*•seifer develraeat respeasilstlities, required

fer-this Oates'. _

_a. It is the intent of WPD (dirftwee) nett* have a prime system

coatriot*beild up fR in-the-hens* capability to porton* those areas at work

for whishlt is not inhereatly salted partieular3y when theie

already at in other groups.

3• giagligands

The theoretical point where development responsibility should

shift free collection system to the data handling ',stem is where in the

development of the system an interpretable physical product is reached with

-g tape, developed (aninterpreted) photographic material, wire **Wordings, etc.

accompanying available data for identification and location purposes, such as

Further processing, i.e., Interpretation, analysis, storage, display, dissemination, etc. beeopes intimately tied to knowledge and understanding of the*

users - their needs, methods, equipent mad capabilities. It appears realistic to assns

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that these design and development requirements' would be most efficiently fulfilled

by the groups primely responsible for the Intelligens:6 data handling system.

If System 438L had full seals pregrma approved and omimmagr which

would /more the. data handling capability and intelligence feedback required to

efficioatIr employ the ARS, this theoretical point lathe 118 p.71, prograa would

be ea the ground following the electronic* and photographic processing . which

transforms-the received signal into photographic fern for theAlsual System, and

records the received signals from the Ferret and Infra-red Systems on nagnetie

tape.

c. In view of the realistic factors introduced, the 1171. program •

requires an Intelligence Data Reviling System over and above the present 438L

Etystqndewelepeent plans because of its potential of previdingthe major

• 011ietioa sentribetion to all users and'the caplet' lack of inadequate

tr equipment, lechniqmes and.orgaeisatiemithetitineorplainied

u000f; its product. This • Tharshoult be7aaetele.huilteArteler the US WI. andIMO*.I eu3y.àjt conplet.]yuiptib1e.vith the

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'Phi* be acecapliahed: cediside of the Localost ASiberaft Corporation either by:

A.dirested suboontraot; or

On an associate prime contractor basis.

o. Davies of the need for close cooperation and the similarity

betinen this work and the 438L System design and developmentsaUSAF contractor

evaluation group should be established to select the sub or associate contractor.

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Assistant for 1 117L

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the-iiiie as the &aft Yon approved witit-theiiiimiptioit

of paragraph 5 b which was revised to conform to General tkihrieveris

policy statmient at 5 Nara 57 as contained in the attached ' (Inclosure

2) Namorandma .for the Record.

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Intelligence Data Haniling

Support for Va. 11712

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desire of General Schriever does sot agree with the recimmendation

of this office as contained in our staff study, 20 February 57,

"Intelligence Data Handling Spite" Support for VS 1171," (Inclosure

3) it is a workable solution.

4. It is my estimate that a net additional four (4) officers

and two (2) seoretaries will be required to perform the nit additional . MD responsibilities proposed in paragraph 5 if of Inclosure 1.

Sywben 4381. as presently constituted is a vext casplicated system

with a amber of bits and pieces plus plans end commitments inlaant

areas such as SAO and GSM

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initial report on this project'.

The Visual Reconnaissance Subsystem. (WS 117L) described in the Development

Plan is designed to fulfill the military requirement outlined in General COOkatlag Requirements 80 (SA-2C) dated 11 March 1955 and Systems'Requireming 5 dated

17 October 1955. The development of VS 117L was directed by Development Directive 0 dated 3.Angust 1956 and System Development Directive No. 11Th dated

17.August'1956.

. .

The goal of WS 11Th as stated in SR #5 is stated as follows:

inforMatt-:a essential, with daily reconnatisaroa:C.04ibRe 410k

high tesolution.the:ide41N In;e4isAderatioe-of the requiremeetJciiiiiliiii:

availability of the AtioadReceinaissince System, the engieeerinkr 7-..:O ,0

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• -• "The primary operaticinai_mislio'n:of the Advanced Reconnaissance System

willbe to provide pioneer and euivefilince : roionntissance coverage of the .

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territories 'controlled by th USSR aid its allies. The system Must. be capable, • of obtaining: . • ,

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k(a) Routine target, mapping, . pioneer terrain, weather, and photo

thiii:,Objec...tive.Cazi.:be4/atinthez • . intelligence

04 Bomb damage assessment of high yield weapon strikes"

• 21a. Military Characteristics

•

• This subsystem provides view,' 'data recording from a satellite vehicle.

It includes programming of 'recording, preicessing and storage, electrinic reed-

(' ; out for transmission of raw data to a ground station, and. reconstitution. of the . ..4

.rav data into a useable photographic form. This subsystem will function at an •

orbiting altitude of approximately 300 nautical miles and will resolve objects

of approximately 20 foot dimensions with a location accuracy of 1/10 mile.

.

21b. Approach

. • .

. • • acquisition-will employ COtiVIIIItiOilfl eerieliithotographi tech*

niqueCvith..epecial features:of automatic Chemical pioceesing and televisions

type,clita,read:rout in the eiirry,yehicles. Also being zonsideted-tre electro7,

'• 'tettc. ter and high resolution television with magnetic ,tape-storage. The

latter items need development in the . state of the art before .theii:could be ,

included in the vehicle payload: The major diffiCulties ...to•- •be overcolia. include:

(1) the. hazards of high level radiation vhen:nuclear.pover • aeuràea, are used

. s .(2) the .operation in a gravitationleis..enviroament .(3) the lack of actual

environmental information at the operating altitude (4)- the. deirelopient'of • •

.;..;-::. reliable components capable:. of operating 'filettended..for : /ongaeriods: .

long- term- unattended-processingof Photo0apkiet. .:(6).;; 'dlyilOplient!.off;X •

very sàcuzate; :ilOit•-speed film drive mezhanissuffeliiihtgan $orreetecllrota 

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(b) This task covers the developmemt of-cameres and lenses . PhOtearaPhic recOrding of the target area. A str* type camera using 70 en

film Will be develOped for the Pioneer and Advanced Vehicles. The camera will

' have an .image Motion compensation drive which can be corrected by signals from

the vehicle programmer or the ground station. Accurate slow speed film drive

viachaniams that can be command corrected will have to be developed.. Provisions

will also be made for commanding focis adjuatments to correct for 'error in- . 0

troduCed due to ascent vibration or uncompeniated temperatere effects. The ,

lenses which Will'probably be used are a 6.inch &cal length lens for the Pioneer

Whicle and a 36 inch lens fOr the Advanced Yehicle. The'lens speed, mill)*

f/2.8 or faster aii the lenses will resolve over 100 lines per millimeter at a -

2 to-1 target contrast: AutOmatic exposure control will be included .in order to

provide optimum exposure for maximum.resoluiion. Advantage will . be taken of the

expected vehicle stability to obtain extremely high resolution in.flight,with

an exposure time of approximately 1/100 second on slov speed film. Vehicle

attitude information shall be recorded to assist in obtaining locktion accuracy to

1 mile in the Pioneer Vehicle and 1/2. mile in the Advanced Vehicle.

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(à) The • delielOpment akiroich will be to Provide a:graduel increase in

'capebility and . flekibility; . The camera fin *he 

. ,

Pioneer Vehicle Will be equipped

with a 6 inch focal lengthlens and w411 Wionnted in thiitertical iosition.

The Advanced Vehicle cameral will10104 steerable to

preselected roll axis angles for detailid.COverage of specific-terget.ireas:

:•1:4* 6 inch- 1ocal • ength lenA:14 present/y-ibli.to Meet the'resolutiOn -requiresieats at irlens speed Of f/3.3 and laheiii .redesignedlo provide approximately'.

thcsamecapability at f/2.8.- Thel6 i ►ch fOOallengthlens is in theLdesigo'

expected.to meet the r •solutiOn. requitement*.

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(a) Contractor:

Contract 10.:

. • Sub Cnatiactor:

 .'"" ,` task cOirers the development ono- itutomatiC-unt

..,..pFocitesOr for ...ule:ti.ni;dnkesatelt •,:i4e!p3oceasoriViriloconsit

:'.processing chamber, iblutioi.aEorags,

ii*end.saottitiona:4Oring processing. The •

t wil/ be able: to process automatically wheii the eiloaed. film .1.44#1 the.the prOcesser: or ti;-.Proc•siron coon:and ' from the vehicle..:,..,: • 2 -Progrimlier..when it iij,dasired to:read:out . * acquifed data:.as soon u possible.

Techniquis •and .equipsideit austbe developed to permit- long. time unattended,:

operation in a gravitationléle environmenrand mean' must be provided for

accurate temperature .control. The experimental iteniwill procaiii'the:filei. • around the outside of .a drum. The film will be located in a rubber' sandwich

around thellinim and will be clasped at each end. Solutions frill be . injected •

into *the chamber and rollers 'moving along the blanket will provide agitation.

Cc) Full advantage will beteken.pof the use of insulatinn to Heist *

in maintaining an average tinsperatnre in the processor. The process itself

: will be designed for an average temperature than can best be maintained with .

.insp.leStionf$040§ppleisental temperature control. An experimental rubber blanket

processor bat been built and is being tested and evaluated. -Information obtained

in these tests will assist in arriving at the proper design to go into the

vehicle.

Automatic Data Readout

-ifickheed Aircraft Corp.

Ilissiis Systems Division -

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AF 04(647)-07 . : ..'..: . .

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Technical Advisor: -

'1 -Subsystem Controls

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Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

Missile Systems Division

AN 04(647) -97

'Eastman Kodak' Co. .

paratus and Optical Div.

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Robert itrasser •

(b)':: This .task covers the development of control and transport'

mechaMiles for the functioning of the components andtha-fiandling of. the film

in the vehicle.... The controls _will. be able, to operate the:: airborne subsystem

OM tha-,signals7 received from the. vehicLe„pro •• - •

fisiiCtiona O. be .peiferped:

imege.:MOtiOncOmpsasitieM in the ciumera.:(2):;.:eitabiiihi

leas' s (3) indexing of the fiim through the cataera,...;prOies

tic* theA:Cessias priiCessor and 'readout..in

roper . focus' for ,the • .

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%Uri temiCi1110.Iiclitd:d!"

equipment • required- to accept lietiWitions from the--tentriif f,'eqitipment and

Performs the- functions 'according to SuCk,instr*tiosi,":the.-equiPlent

the necessary synchronising, functions required for..

reconstitution of the pictorial ;information at the. groWnd-station. : - : This item

will be capable of reading out detail seawall as' 100 - photo lines per millimetei

on the film with a minim lose of information. • .• ,. •

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(c) The initial approach includes development of a special -high

resolution line scan cathode ray tube to provide-the scanning . . light source,

development of suitable film transpor t , optical and mechanical scanning components

to meet the resolution and other requirements and the design. and fabrication of 0

the necessary supporting components such as synchronising generators,' photomulti liar p circuitry and video -

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Sub Contractor:

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Technical Advisors:

Eastman Kodak Co.

Apparatus and Optical Div.

Kr. James Buckaby

WADC

Kr. Relind Dunker

WOAD, WADC

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(b) The objective of this task is to develop means ',foie recording the

video output of the Visual Data Link receiver in a form compatible with sub- ----

sequent operations of the WS 117L Data Processing Subsystem. The end product

will be a video-photo recording and film processing device whiCh is capable of

being integrated into the Visual Reconnaissance Subsystems. This equipment

will consist of cameras suitable for photographing the video. data fro:ii 'the

output of the Visual Data Link receiver as presented by, a cathode- ray.qactura.

tube or other light transducer and the equipment required to process the exposed •

film and deliver the developed film as the input to the-WS 1171. Data Processing

Subsystem. This equipment shall - include: the composite *video signal decoding'

equipment, Banning equipment, control equipment, and (alum associated equip-

..:;ment as required to makiran operatiOnal '.kitordiag and processing device. This

'item will be capable of accommodating the total information bandwidth of the

visual data link and will deliver the primary film record to the Data Processing .

Subsystems with a isinintum time delay and With e-minimum.loss of reconnaissance

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Av 19(60s)-1754 • ..

Har ►ard:6)114e (Blue

'Observatory)

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ContraCt Mo.: AF 19(6644589.

Technical Advisor: Dr. V. X. Widger

.CRD, AFCRC .

Ihe .objective of this task is to determine the requirements for - --

me.teroligical data collected from a satellite. This will include sudhlactors

as (1) minimum and optimum areas of-Coverage to. provide useable information,

.(2) resolution and photographic scale required for analysis purposes (3) isethods---

for obtaining horizontal cloud velocities and the 'accuracy required (4) the

periodic. rate.at which coverage must be obtained.

(c). Availeble cloud pictures obtained from aircraft,.balloons, and

rockats; and standard synoptic weather . data will be studied. to..detereine . the _

requirements that must be mat by the data from the 'satellite vehiCle. This task

will be terminated when the effort under the present coattracts has been trans -

.ferred to AFC= Mmospheric'Anslysis Laboratory.

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All work involving long focal . .length lenses, Calaltril. designs ,I.and.neW

films and proCesses for' aerial:phOtography above 30;000 feet May. be:considered.

collateral activities. - However, the.vausital enilionmental coaditiottsare not

Furthermore

has not cit110(1:0011:.to:tasst dematids. of recoveriiigoiuch:Ilionatn ' .

of informatibi reCOnaalisince

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MissiOas. 1. .•:.•

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In order. .t0:,.PrOiridt• ..an:alternitte to conventional PhOtOgriiithic.elacitrOttic

read-out 'cyst** to‘..PrOvide a system less.vulnerahle

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1.,AOR4101SA4c),11 March 1955

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2. SR 5,.17 October 1955

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is being conducted at liright.Air Development Center 0/CLIDO under Project 4A23

TV Reconnaissance techniques and 6219 Special Sensors. These project* cover

(). the developments on electrostatic tape, high'resolution television with magnetic.•

tape storage, cad light amplification. These developments 'Will be considered

for inclusion in the Visual Reconnaissance Vehicle when 'the state of the art

has advanced to a point where these equipments and techniques could meet the

requirements of WS 117L.'

Design and development work will be continued to produce the experimental

model of the 'components. These willlie . .tested and evaluated' for performance

and compatibility. Information obtained :here will be incorporated into tlii

design of the prototype mode/s. . • . •

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The approach to the problem was determined by feasibility studies

conducted by the Sand Corporation and design itiadies conducted by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, Glenn L Martin Aircraft Company, and The Radio Corporation

of Avarice. Evaluation of the design studies resulted in the choice of the '

approach proposed by Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

•

•

C. Solution *

' " • ' •

of . preselected areas of. the USSR and satellite nationi on a daily.-basis from

the orbiting WS 117L. vehicles. The vehicles will, orbit at a.'300 •nauticail mile

The Visual Reconnaissence 'Subsystem will provide photographiE coverage

altitude at a velocity of 25,000 feet per second. The functions involved will

be: A

4.1

programmed photographic recording of the selected target area.,

Processing and storage of the recorded data`

3. Readout and transmissionsof .the aro data to- tround intercept

!. Stations on a command eignel from: the station

.

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,

. •

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4. Ground processing of the raw :data into a useable form.

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tolmeselected and 'programmed targets. The Ussof:Ipltiple vehicle' will.provide

daily coverage'of the desired areas. The. :0tirveil/ance Subsystes.mill be capable

of identifying 20 foot . greund objekti. Other than ibotographicluthods . will be

Considered for these vehicles including: 'high resolut2en television with

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Tab 1 -.General

•

A. programmer. requirements•

c. Analysis and Recording Systems

i: •

9

I. General

Statement of the Problem

An earth satellite would provide ,.a platform' fianwhich,litherto

inaccessible portions of the Soviet Bloc nations 4i/ebe subjected ;-to

veillenct of various types. The prablem for the ferretsabsystlm is to

design equipment which will overcome the severe,emmironMehtal,andpayioad

restrictions and which will obtain such.data.concerning electromagnetic

signals as will. provide the maximum possible intel/igence information.

Approach 

The design of a system to obtain electronic reconnaissance information

from a satellite vehicle requirePthe sub-division of the over-all effort into

missions. These missions must then be ordered in priority such that, in

general, the most useful information will be obtained first.

Equipment design may then be optimized for each mission and separate

equipment may be designed for each•if necessary. The ordering of missions

should be such that information obtained from early missions will provide

guidance in the design of equipment and establishment of objectives for later.

missions. In every case, the missions will be predicated upon intelligence

needs and not necessarily upon equipment availability.

The general procedure must be as follows:

Define intelligence objective.

Determine which objectives can be best net by; satellite reconnaissauce.

Determine parameters and accuracies required to meet objectives.

Specify and develop equipment Compatible ..with the physical environment that is within the state of the art to receive, deteci,Snalyze and record

the measured parameters within the desired accuracy, such as:.

Antennas.

Receivers
Expected Results 

• ri7r-Pti)._

Tah,l - General Design Specificatical (cont.

•

. . . ..-

:1. _Will provide - an initial electronic. econnaiseanee system

thatli compatible with thephysical:eowirommiet,40 that will yield uiefUl

• :

_ •

2. Will. determine where thi state 'of the art must be advanced (and

physical limitations overcome) to satisfy all intelligence'requirements placed

on this sub-systeme

II. Description

A. Intelligence Requirements 

The reasons for preferri re that, first, it is known that

there are many signals in this part o t e spectrum which can be used as'calibrating or test signals and in effect give notice that the whole equipment

is functioning. Second, there is every reason to believe that the national

intelligence effort will benefit from knowing that there are signals i

from geographical areas that are now inaccessible to us. There is no po n

in using the satellite to record signals from satellite border areas, or

along the China coast since adequate coverage is given by other collection

methods.

intelligence data. • -.

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•
Tab 1 - General Design Specification.(cOnt.)

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B. Antennas

Physical. limitations restrict- the number of,aitennas on any one

vehicle. Suggested antenna configurations to iopleme1t.the abOVe requirements are as follovs: intelligence

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. Power Supply

The only type of power supplies expected to bp definitely available and

proven by the time of the Pioneer system will be primary batteries. Weight of

the best available will be in the order of 1800 pounds for '.a capability of 200

mitts for 20 days continuous operation. Availability of the radio isotope

power supply with batteries will enable the use of higher power for a longer

operating time .but, will present problems concerned with radiation damage, induced

circuit noise, and heat removal.

D. Receivers 

Power consumption keeps receiver sophistication to a minimum. If

certain frequency bands are chosen, TWT (traveling wave tubes) development

to reduce a suitable tube with permanent magnet foeusi will be required.

Data Analysis and Recording 

Power consumption and weight considerations demand maximum simplification

of analysis and storage processes to be performed in the satellite. Satellite

analysis should be limited to essentially an encoding process with recorder

or storage requirements being limited to multiple chennel-,Anarrow bandwidth,

e.g., 10 kc/s. Requirements for the data analysis equipment are described

briefly in the task outlines. • '

F. Telemeteringjonipment 

The telemetering system will make use of present standards and

techniques. No major technical problems exist here and no minimum specifications

are required at this stage of development.

0. Physical Environment

All estimates and calculations have been made on the basis of existing and predicted knowledge and are all subject to-modification by prOjected

experiments.
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AND/OR JUSTIFICATION • No. 80 (574-2C) dated 16

the requirement for an

of accepting . and protessing

reconnaissance vehicles.

a much greater number of

and analyzed today, or

in the near.future. .• This

overtax the; present intelligence.

of information ia. .of*mounting

most therefore be especially

this collection system

from the aollectOd

satisfied through .the planned

.. minitnrization and 

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:dr Force Intelligence

visual; ferret

Reconnaissance

Ispiees" ofintelligence

which is anticipated

greet increase

data

designed and

tjs'sninimi;i4 the

-raw data

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pi7Oduction ....'.

•

SR No. SI dated 17 October 1953

3 August. 1956, : ind

,Data Handling:.Systa::.

and infrared data from .

Satellites are ex2ected to

.than is being colle,:t.::

to'be collected ..bY..oth....:r.

in quantity of collected

hand/ing. system at a time

intportance:' A iiiiiit•'handlind

developed aronnittha • Cheractzrtime needed to ..produce..meztliir2-

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.

.. . a. Tai/ored to the collection characteristics and capabilities-.

of the reconnaissance satellite;

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and disiaminationOf all satellite collected data in a manner ioblch'best

Satisfies user requirements. • . , • -

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. . ,

•

21. Brief and Hiiitary,Characteristics...

This prOject,covers the design and. development of a• completely integrated

Intelligence Data Processing Subeystee,including the equipment, techniques

and procedures to transform recorded,-raw, photographic,' ferret and infrared

data into useful intelligence.. This dataprocessing subsystem will incorporate

timely intelligence feedback from other intelligence collection systems and

agencies to insure:

•

Best operational employment of the satellite collection capabilities.

Optlium extraction of information from the raw data collected.

Data will be acquired from the satellite through radio transmission

channels and reception at ground receiving stations. The ground receiving

stations will identify, record, and retransmit this information to a central

point, for simplicity termed the ARSIC (Advance Reconnaissance System Intelligence

Center). The Intelligence Data Processing Subsystem located primarily within

the ARSIC will be capable of all functions necessary to transform the recorded

raw data into useful intelligence. The functional areas which must be investigated and considered to insure the efficient production and availability of.'

intelligence in the forme, frequencies and quantities desired by various users

are: processing, screening, interpretation, collation, e l/aluitien, indexing,

storage and retrieval, analysis, display, dissemination and preientation.

Development of this subsystem must make maximum use of the Intelligence

Data Processing Subsystem design concept, equipment, techniques, and procedures

recommended and/or under development in; iuppert of System 438L, "USAF

Intelligence Data Handling System". It appears that some OUthese techniques

and eqUipments will meet some of the'needs of this sebsystem, 

.

21b Approach,

The WS-117L is being developed on a development e echedule phased over a

period'of years and including a ,• riety of configurielons,,cipabilities, and

useful vehicle, spans. It is planned to' devilop the Data Processing Sub-:

syStera on an oderl y growth basis whiCh is phased to the co1.14Otion, cape..

bilities and operational ability of the system; •

To be realistic, the design and development of Ahe subeyetem must 'be:

founded upon:

.

,•

•
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The objective . of this task:is

.

.

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 to realistically simulate 'all types • 1d4redic ted end4moducts ofttbe's0Ocessive colleCtiouversions of, this

system. These simulated_ ena.prodUeti. ehoald include the range oUresolUtion,..-I

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(1) •A definition and/or siaulation of the raw data-(end product)

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of the collection subsystems,

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- ' (2) An analysis of the uses of these defined,end products;

wants what information, for what use, how often; ancrin what form.

Each separate use • of the data must. Us studied to: determine the processing

.steps involved from the initial receipt of the ke , g data thrbugh the production

of a finished output which best_ satisfies theCuse.' Once the end products

of the collection subsystems are defined, a design for effiCiently processing

the information can be sensibly . conceiVed. Simultaneously, researdh effort

must be initiated to attack technicil probleas that threaten the development

of vitally needed equipments. Large Scale equipment development efforts

will normally follow the completion and be guided by the system design framework and the results of the Equipment Application and Techniques Exploration

Task. Following the equipment development and testing, the components will

be combined, installed, and tested as at system to point out the final modifications and debukging required before it is operatiOnally ready.

In order to meet the changing capabilities of the collection systems it

will be necessary to conduct a continuieg research and technical development

effort on techniques and procedures for application to the more advanced

facilities. The concept of the initial data handling center is otdof relative

simplicity. Limited amounts of mechanisation and automation will be adequate.

to handle efficiently the early data yields of the ARS. This will provide

the capacity for the orderly evaluation and development of more complex

components to meet more stringent requirements as the systea grows.

c. Tasks

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The areas which will require development effort have been divided

into general functional areas as listed below. As work progresses these

tasks will require expansion to reflect various intelligence functional areas

and/or to relate the development work required to the particular sensing technique employed. Operational characteristics, to the degree possible at this

time, are included in the general design specification of the development plan.

(1) 'Task No. 39856 - Simulation of ARS Data Input

Contractor: Not Yet Determined

Technical Advisor: Nr. F. Kelly, RCWIO, Intelligence Laboratory

RADC, Rome, New York
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fundsiental in determininvthe usefulness. of the'rew data tn-iheyeriety of

potential users, and; • cOnseghentlyii. the . requirements for the4ruCessing•

involVed. Results of •thialhase of-the-work.Will;be. the basis kor the final.

444ign of the dafnrhehdlimCeystemiandwilUde;ernine . thOrocidures and

characteristics of the equipment.:nee4ed:tn.bestaatisfy:tbedite4rocessing

-reinirements for each subseqUeneVeision -Wthe . reconnaissanCe'vehiclec-

(2) Task No. 39857 - Intelligence Data Processing,Svstem Design

Contractor: Not Yet Determined

Technical Advisor: Hr. R. Libby, UHT, Intelligence Laboratory,

Nome, New York

This task embraces the study work required to produce a design of.a

Subsystem (including procedures, equipment and technique) to efficiently

transform the collected raw data into useable intelligence. Basic input

data to this design study effort will be supplied in part by the simulation

task. Possible uses of the collected product against the intelligence needs

of major elements of the intelligence community as veil as such factors as

operational desirability, technical feasibility, and logistic suppbrtebility

will be considered in arriving at the preferred system design.

Task No. 39858 - Equipment Application and Technique Experimentation 

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Contractor: Not Yet Determined

Technical Advisor: lst/Lt. A. Buckland, RCWIO, RADC, Rome, New York.

The objective of this task is to provide a source of technical knowhow for individual application to the variety of functions and processes

included within this subsystem and to single out apparent shoke points in the

data handling system against which investigative effort should be concentrated.

It will provide input to the systems design group concerning the'feasibility

of techniques and equipments which exist or can be developed . and made available.

for systems integration. The output of this task will be reports and technical

data to form the basis for:

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(a).Selection and modification of existingeommerical,and.indevelopment'equipient:

(b) : the performance . characteristice and specifications of the

development items required, including the optinum ' technical apPrOieh.

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The objective,of thii task ia to,actively develop those :hardware items'

which are not Commercially available orAu , developuent, bOt required by...thie:.

eubsys tern. Included vri.11-bo- modification. to .fiatiSitig Oitutraezit

appropriate to insure Guldinceon:tha iteMSto

beliVeloped:and.theii fUnctionalineCifiCations will stel'fra“bel,steme

Design. Task and the Equipment App4catioliand.Tectinique Iftpaiimegtation,isek.

Task No.39860 • Intelligence. Data PocesSirng Sub systes

Contrattor: Not Yet Determined

Technical Advisor: Mr. R. Libby, RCWI, Intelligence Laboratory,

RADC, Rome, Newlork

The objettive of this task is the accomplishment of the overall

contractor systems management functions to insure its operational aveilabilitP,

prescribed . performance, and its working integration with the other parts of

the intelligence system. It will include but not be limited to: the systems

engineering, complete installation and equipping of the ARSIC, and the combined

test of all individual items which Comprise this subsystem under Simulated

and operational uses. Command PostExercises (CPX) using produits.of the

simulation program as well as test run data from the functional test df the

visual, ferret, and infrared subsystems for input data will be accomplished

to checkout and modify the individual component and overall subsystem procedures,

operation, and performance.

Task No. 39855 - Intelligence Parameters and Data Processing

Subsystem Criteria Studies 

Contractors: Planning Research Corporation

10966 LaConte Avenue "4

Los Angeles, California

Aero Services Corporation

210 East Courtland Street

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania •

Physical . Reseerch Laboratory, BostonMniversity

707 Colmonweeltb Avenue,

Boston, Massechusetti-,

Ohio State University

Columbus, Ohio

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Broadview Research and Deveiopment

1127 Chula Vista Avenue

Burlingame, California

Task Engineer: ,,

Mk. Prank Kelly, RCWIO

Intelligence Laboratory

RADC, Rome, New York'

• Task Technical Advisors:

Objective:

Major W. E. Callanan, RCWIR

1/Lt. L. R. Buckland, RCWIO

1/Lt. R. R. Moss, RCWIO

Mr. A. L. Downing, RCWIP

Intelligence Laboratory

RADC, Rome, Dew York

This task will provide analytical data as an input to the WS-117L

Planning function to determine intelligence requirements and design criteria.

It is aimed at determining , the optiium detail, volume, and accuracy of the

"sightings" to be made by the reconnaissance sensing equipments, by spelling

out the information requirements of the users and translating these into

meaningful quantitative terms and specifications. Effort will also be

devoted to those areas relating the human behavioral characteristics to the

intelligence processing and analysis functions. This study will ' includi the

exploration of possible applications of machine techniques for the automation

of the "non-judgment" work areas within theie functions.

(7) Task No. 39861 - Personnel, Training and Human Engineering Support

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Contractor: Initially an In-House . Effort. Bventaul contractor

not yet detersiined.

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• Task Engineer: Dr. P. Bersh,AWSH, Human Factors :Laboratory,..:

RADC,'-Rome, New York • •

The objective of this task is . to provide all necessary human engineering

support for the Data: roaessing Subsystem.' task will develop critOia

and specifications fOr training taChniquea, equipMent, and siaania*a.

will, also include-:the production ar qUaltiative Parsannel.Requiremerike/nforietLir

"-(QPRI) covering all analysis, ietAliretaii On, -Operei0 aed , mainiertaiie jobs

required far the 'operational eigitOitinentZi 'thil subsystem. The:Hata tiroOessi4ti

Subsystem Is extremely complex,,andr the' •

integration. of components =, intolarg', eniti:miule be -accomplished in a; manner

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(b) reduction in the required time and complexity of training

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(c). more timely and efficient processing of information through- ...

.0Utthe entire. subsystem. . • •

(1) !fhAre will be no develqpment*plication between thiSSubsystem

and systems 43814 456, and 461L, but . ratheitonsiderable -iff4it*il, be made

to take advantage and exploit the similaritiei of:the programs .fOrisexiinina

trade off of the attained equipments and tethniques. - Thiesubsystemwill

be made completely 'compatible with systee1458L, and whenYoperational, these

systems will be mutually supporting and complimentary in nature.

(2) The operational employment of this sYstemwill.require.that the

number of photographic interpreters and intelligence specialist trainees be

increased, and the new techniques resUlting'from this development . lay require

modification and expansion of the existing training programs..

Background History

The concept for using a satellite vehicle as a platform for

reconnaissance equipment can be conaideredas the natural:outgrewth.of the

requirement for obtaining intelligence information o • a potentialenipy

whose area and security preclude its effective collection'by ordinary

aerial reconnaissance or other means. The need for timely and continuous

intelligence information to assess a potential enemy's capabilities and

prnbable intent has become more critical as the advancement of technology

has given them offensive weapons with intercontinental range and greater

destructive Osiers. The impetus which motivated the military establishment

to foster work on new methods for collection of intelligence information

came from the realization that current reliable pre-hostilities intelligence

is required to insure proper direction of National' Planning in . development of

effective counter-force weapons and counter-force strategy. The results

of the numerous studies conducted since 1946 at the direction . of the Department of Defense concluded that a Satellite Intelligence , System Was feasible

and would satisfy to a great extent the requirement for intelligence

information to aid the national planners in making, decisions pertaining to

counter-force strategy and development of effective measures against•possible

attack.. • - •

. The concept of. the. Advanced Reconnaissance System is A'resUlt-Of

studies conducted at.the RAND CorporatiOn.' A:stUdY:completedi*1947:

together with. similar investigations by other contractorSconcltided that

a satellite vehicle was feasible ass reconnaissance vehicle but-not as a

weapon carrier: In 1950, theltesearch and Development Beird vetted•satellits

custody in the Air Force, and RAND:was directed to explOre its po¢aible

military utility.. ,
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6. Project 1115, Task 15000 lUntl) "InteiligenceParameters Study

fOr Advanced Reconnaissance System".

Recommendations for an expanded study of reconnaissance; applications

were made to the Air Staff in late 1950 and a formal report (RA/0-217) followed

in April 1951. Feasibility :studies for critical subsystem initiated' at, that

time were::television (RCA), attitude control (North American Aviation),

nuclear auxiliar power units (liendix Aviation, Frederick Flader,. Allis' Ohalmeri-;

and Vitro Corporation) .

1:Commendations for the ARS devsiopment were made by RAND in November

1953, and these were followed by- the final report (Rand-262) in February 1954.

The Air Force rqquirement was writteniAngust 1954. Requests for proposal for

systems studies were made MArch 1955, and the studies leading to this developsent plan began in June 1955 and were completed in June 1956.

The present concept of operation of the Satellite Intelligence Center

was evolved as a Combined effort of the Intelligence Laboratory, RADC, and

the various Air Force commands. .Aa the development of the system pro:resses, the

concept of operations may be re-evaluated in light of changing requirements

with modifications anticipated.

Future Plans 

The extent of future plans is outlined in Tab 1, General Design

Specifications. Revisions to the basic plan will be accomplished throughout

the development cycle to insure timely and valid decisions.

References 

1: RAND Corporation Report R-217, April 1951.

2. RAND Corporation Report R-262, February 1954..

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Systems Requirement No. 5 dated 27 November - 2954, revised

17 October 1955.

GOR No. 80 (SA-2C) dated 16 March 1955.

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5. DD Form 613, entitled "Advance Reconnaissance System: Project

No. 1115", dated 19 April 1955, RCS: DD-R&D/A/119.

. 7. PrOject 1115, Task 15001 Opal) "Study of Intelligence Processing

Methods for Advanced Reconnaissance. Systaa

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45910 - Basic Minicard Equipment

45911 - Minicard COnversion:Equipment

45912,.!- Lens Components

45913 -. 7, Minicard Camera &Afilarger for Aerial Photographs:. .

45914 Remote:Televiewer for: Minicard Display'

45916 -- Diener Processor:10V-9:993613

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ATIC Document entitled (Uncl) "Technita1 IntelrigeneelConsider-. .

stigma for Advanced Reconnaissance System 1115," dated 11 October 1955,

'Control Nr. T55-18539. '

.4CIC Document entitled (UnC1) "Study-oPosition Information -

Needs,”-dated 1 . April 1955, control Nr..D5-64004. .

Document entitled (Uncl) "United States.Air ForCe Indications:Plan"

(Short title - dated 16 November 1955, prepared by,the Ditectorataof Intelligence, HQ. USAF, Washingten, D. ControVNr. NR. NI-5086.

(Collection Plan covering strategic Raining Indicators).

System Requirement No. 13 dated 14 January 1955; amendment No. 1

dated 10 August 1956.

11-. System 438L, Project 4586 and all associated tech and project

reports.

Tasks:

45888 - Operational Intelligence Data Processing Equipment

45823 - Weather Data Automatic Reader

45828 - Reconnaissance Systems Integration

45830 - Automatic.IBDA Processor

45831 - Automatic Target Analyzer

System 438L, Project 4588 and all associated task and project

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45889 Intelligence Data Handling System Design Task

45890 - Machine Fact Correlation for Intelligence Analysis

45893 - Indexing Intelligence Documents for Automatic Machine Retrieval

'System 438L, Project 4591 and all associated task and project

reports.

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.Project4597 and all associated task anaprojecrrePorts

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45331 - Comimnication InterCept System Design

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Project 4594 and all associated task and project reports

Tasks

45940 - Intelligence Classification and Indexing Techniques

45941 - Intelligence'Coding-techniques

45820 - Intelligence Data Pretentation Techniques

45822 - Intelligence Data Retention and Retrieval Techniques

Project 4599 and'all associated task and project reports

Task

45861 - Photo Interpretation HUchanisation e

Project 5500 and all associated task and project reports

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45910 - Radar Target Data Processor

45902 - Infrared Target Characteristics and Utiliiation

. 45903 - Infrared Data Analysis

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System 438L, Project 5532 and all associated task and project

reports.

Tasks

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45925- Major Mai Processing Central

' 45926 - RADII T Data Processing

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reports..

Tasks

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45960. •— Rapid Intelligence Data Handling System Design

45961 .- .i.litary Tel..autograph.DeVelo nt.
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HAROLD F. WIENBERG

Major, USAF

Project Engineer.

Tasks (cont.)

• 45962 Magnetic Tape Duplicator/Transmitter Developm4nr:

45963 - Geographic Indexing, Searching s xnd Plotting

h. Coordination and Signature Block

FREDERIC C. E. ODER

Colonel, USAF

Asst. for WS 117L

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1. 'General

Statement of the PrOblem

(1). The primary problem involves the.aiieblishment and implemei-..

tation of a realistic program to.insure the timely desigA and developmeerofin

efficient Intelligence Data Processing Subsystem. ThiS-subsysteasuet possess

the capability. of transforming the variety and steadily increasing volume

of raw data collected by the WS-117L, as programmed in.the combined operational

and development schedule, into meaningful intelligence which satisfiesuser

requirements. The fundamental objective and requirement expressed .by GOR No.

80(SW2C). dated 16 March 1955 and SR No. 5 dated 17 October 1955 is to develop

the WS-117L to be of maximum value to the U.S. Intelligence Community and key.

decision making agencies and individuals. The WS-117L will be an addition to

the operating USAF Intelligence Collection System. It will have the unique

capability of providing a substantially continuous "look" at those areas and

things which are of primary_ and' critical importance to the Department of

Defense and other key government 'agencies, such . as the Department of State.

It is anticipated that the constant high rate, high volume collection

capability of the WS-117L will greatly exceed the standard data handling

capabilities of the intelligence organization. The planned USAF intelligence

organisation and structure will therefore requite systemitized augmentatioi

with equipment, techniques, procedures, and people to effectively utilize this

newly collected product. • The timing and development of this subsystemimust

mate with the ARS development and operation and must be compatible with,

support, and receive feedback from the other elements of the intelligence

System.

(2) The fact that the WS-117L will provideA the capability of

obtaining intelligence information of areas heretofore inaccessible to other

collection methods makes it mandatory tz obtain maximum operational utility

of the system during the development phase. Hence, there is a requirement

for essentially three versions of the Intelligence Data Processing Subsystem

phased timewise to match the developmental growth and capability of the

collection system. The problem is to insure sufficient capacity within

the Data Processing Subsystem during its development to efficiently utilize

the increasing volume of data collected by the various development vereions

of the satellite vehicle.

b. Approach

(1)' The approach as set forth in the subsystem plan is based

on an evolutionary concept to:

(a) Secureilssable in tion at the earliest

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(b) -Encourage a pittern4semniola - 1 developeent growth .

toward improved vereions based on thefrelatinpship of operational experience.

and firm knowledge . of_the prodiect defXing Weeds. .

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improvements in information .yield (quantity.and.quality):.a*efficiii4,or'

handling • (timeliniss ind

(2) It is intended that this subsystem development be phased to

match the realistic operational demands and requirements for the VS-117L product,

and to be compatible with the volume and type of system collection capabilities

for each subsequent version of the reconnaissance vehicle. It will therefore be

required to serially:

Engage in studiesrand work leading to a data handling

system design and simultaneously conduct technique research oriented towards

the requirements for the initial and interim operating systems.

Initiate the required equipment development programs

and perform required engineering to install and test the system while concurrently conducting research on techniques and procedures for applications

to the more advanced facilities. •

c. Solution

(1) The philosophy underlying the development of the Data

Processing Subsystem is based on conclusions arrived at through studies

accom ► lished since 1946 by the'United States Air Force and various scientific

organizations. These conclusions are summarized as:follows:

Intelligence information of vital inportance to the

nation can be obtained by a Satellite Intelligence System.

A Satellite Intelligence Sytten is technically

feasible and is practical for development at this time.

(2) The success of the overall program.is dependent upon the

following factors which apply specifically . to the Data Processing:Subsysteii: , _ . 

(a) Continual cooperation. and coordination between.tkei_ . 

United States Air ForCe and industrrthroughoet the'.diVelopeent ofthe WS',417L

Weapon System.

. ' • (b) The timely occurrence of 'decisions throughout the

systel deveieiment-to insUre scheduling:of effort : tOmeet:the opera-tier:al-dates

establishe0Or:theWSly7L.Weaionlyitei 
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Dati:ProCese ng Subsystei for ARS, WS117L (cont.)

(c) The integration of personnel, techniquei, prOcedures

and-equipment through a growth program concept where the dystem is transformed

fromthe more simple to the complei., c The growth will be in the directIon.of

increasing the capacity of the Data Processing Subsystem to handle higher

quaIityWod greater quantity of more diverie data, i.e., yitual, ferret and

infrared, accurately-and rapidly.

The WS-117L unique feature which offere-a continuous

surveillance capability while enjoying high relative phyeical invUlgerability

over presently inaccessible areas lust be exploited. It should be initially

viewed as a revolutionary extension of aerial reconnaissance, with its collected

products immediately processed, evaluated and supplemented by pertinent

collected data from all appropriated sources.

In order to design a Data Processing Subsystem to support

a collection system as unique as the ARS, all of the eventual uses of the

data must be known. Each separate use of the ARS data must be studied in

order to discover all of the processing steps involved from the receipt of

the input ARS information to the production of a finished output which satisfies

that use. Once the uses of ARS dita are determined, a subsystem design framework can be worked out. Simultaneously research effort can be started to

attack technical problems that threaten the successful development of required

equipment. With the subsystem design framework completed, equipment developments can be started aided by the results of the foregoing research. Individual

equipment testing will precede the installation and final integration to test

and operate the subsystem.

The Data Processing Sub-System design has, been divided into a

series of tasks. The division is based on time phasing rather than function,

and as it is planned, the overall systems development will progress from the

first to the last. The general tasks areas are as follows:

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Intelligence Parameters and Data Handling Criteria'StudiAs

Simulation of ARS Data Input

Subsystem, Design.

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Equipment Development.

Data Procesiing System* Integration and Test

(g) Personnel,Training4nd Human Engineering Support.
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(5) Simulation of ARS-Wlectediproduct. In order to specify .

the uses of the ABS data, a simulation;program must be'carriefvut. ,Photo-'

graphic output at simulated Altk;resOli,t4on aid , quantity taken 'et ABS repetition

frequencies must. be obtained and analysed. Ferretand'Infrared collection' -

outOuts will also be accurately-simulated. WOrking•giOups consistin•oi

prospective intelligence users and thejubsystem designers wiiI collectively,

determine the usefulness .of the-data,41d . putline CWOrequirements fOithe

processing involved. These results will be used in . a:::subysteli design phase ' which will determine the procedures and claratteristics of the equipment

needed to satisfy the processing requiiiment.

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(a) Photographic cover will be produced of the following.

types of targets at accurately simulated ARS scale VS resolutiOn, commensurate

with the various planned ABS coUfiguratiois. This requirement will involve

high'eltitude flights with short focal . length cameras of known areas, which

have both seasonal and non-seasonal changes, and slow change versus anticipated

rapid change in construction, movement, etc.

Missile Test Centers

Urban Areas

Airfields

Industrial Areas

oy ARC Sites

(b) Repetitive photgraphic cover of the above selected •

target areas will be produced at normal small serial reconnaissance scales,

approximately 1/10,000, so that the photo interpretation Can be made one

week-to-woek basis, unencumbered by exceedingly small stales.* This. effort

will provide basic photo cover upon which P.I. studies should be made to

determine the full effect such repetitive cover has on operating procedures,

information extraction techniques and to uncover the data .processing problems

involved in handling this informition.

*Thin photocover.shouldilejlown :un a:Schedule:2-3 times/meekAaytiliCbasis::::'

Irendom timeHielettionYeadIOliówing , e*Ipply'build u0-of,tOW..data:Should

expanded to'includes repetiti.Veight/tOVer of the same areas for

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'Laboratory methods will be developed to degrade'

conventional aerial photgraphs solthat thif are respresentative ofthe

ARS scales, resolution and. contrast. These photographs stiould be,the

best representation of ARS photography thatcan be obtained withOut making

high altitude flight tests. _The purpose of developing such.degrading

methods is to provide simulation data as soon as possible to minimize the

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delay involved in obtaining' ABS tqpe • fiight test data. .

Close work with members of the intelligence

community and other agencies noted below Will be required-to detirmine the.

possible users of the simulated photography °obtained in (a) and (b). The

results of this investigation will provide fundaiental data paramount to'

the efficient design of the Data-Processing Subsystem:

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Weapon System Offices (Weapon Guidance Input)

438L .

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(6) Hq TAC

Estimates will be made of the quality of ground received data required to

satisfy requirements of the users (with the aid of further simulation) to

provide meaningful goals and objectives to the collection subsystem

developments as well as providing criteria concerningHvelume, flaw pattern,

analysis techniques, dissemination nets, etc., for the data handling

subsystem designs. Simulation of the data inputproduci0 6 by the ferret

and infrared configurations of the.ARS must also be made. For any

given ferret sensor and ground environment, the quantitifilid form of the

data will be calcUlated and simulated. In conjunction with Appropriate

intelligence organizations this simulated 'ferret data will be examined to

determine its possible utility. Electronic intelligence and communications

intelligence data, quality and volume estimates needed to satisfy user require7

mints will be made to provide guidince to sensor developments and criteria

for. design of thejmproved, Data Processing Subsystem. •

(6) Subsystem Design. The Data Processing SubSYstemwillbe

designed to provide for.the efficient handling of the dita collected bythe

virious'Configurations of the ARS vehicles: 'The data obtained from the

.simulation program will be a basitAtpUttO . thissubsystei design .-andwill

.provide the mean : of realistically deterlining user neede: . " Equipment,

-developments.wilVbe undertaken for all of the:COUponefithe subsystem
Data Processing Subsystem for

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1. Procurement specifications data for all equipment

items necessary for operation of the ARSIC (excluding items in the Al inventory).

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as specified by this design. Ile subSystam-disign'phase will be a continuous

effort, and using simulated data of improved,,versions-of Chia& Anture

requirements and growth of the_ Data.Processing. Subsystem will be studies.

In this'wey, the early subsyitim can be destined with general awareness

of future system requirements, and haft, sh4uld pkovide a fremewOrk. for improvements. The problem' of centra ltied vs; decentralized dit.A.Proclesing.

cost, the technological and oieratio4a1 implicationEof-ground te.gFound

transmission of data between ground intercept'' statiOas as a-fenctionof

rialistic delay time, as well as user requitements must be .examined and

incorporated in the initial subsystem design studies. A continual •'

investigation of existing, anticipated, and new ASS requirements, together

with ARDC technical developments and applicable commercial developments

will be programmed during the major portion of the cycle.

(7) ,The Equipment Application and Technique Experimentation

Task, and the Equipment Development Task will be accomplished as outlined in

the project plan. There are no specific items noted at this time since it is

intended to base hardware developments on a firm knowledge of the potential

input to the photo interpretation group (and hence utility) and on a well

designed system basis.

(8) Data Processing SObsystem Integration and Test. .This

work will be done in two phases:

(a) research investigation leading to the preparation of

detail design specifications for fabrication purposes for the installation

and equipping. of the ARSIC for purposes of research and development test of

the sUbsystem under simulated and operational use;

(b) complete installation of subsystem equipment , necessary

to efficiently handle the pioneer-type visual reconnaissance data is desired

by 1 March 1960.

During the intervening 6 months period, between that date and the 1st high.,

latitude scheduled launch, CPErtype operations using products of the simulation program for input data will be aCcomplished to check out and modify ‘: .

the individual component and overalisystem4rocedures and performance.. This

installation will consist of equipment ConfOrmingtothe best commercial

engineering practices and where practicable equipment conforming to applicable

JAMHspecifications. .

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Processing Subsystem for ARSIOSkjp....(cont.)

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detailed ARS data procesaing..testing

CPX test.phase, which. program is'

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program to be Accomplished. in 'the 6 month

designed to check out .syStem:p

satura ti . behavior, etc.' •

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3. Qualitative personnel requiremenis informstion for

operation of the ARS deia handling subsystem. .

•

4. Facility reqnirement estimates. and plans necessary

for implementations of the ARS data handling subsystes on a research and development operational' test basis. Thee* will include. but not be . liMited to, Ch11

following Uhis excludes facility ieitt'but includes equipment lay Mut

restrictions): -

Space

Accessory equipment

Air conditioning equipment

Power

Communications channel

(f) Security (physical and communication requirements)

Nomenclature description data for each cFaponent

equipment and major equipment group of thc subsystem. These descriptions will

contain a functional description of the item and will be submitted as soon•al

the essential mechanical and electrical characteristics for descriptive purposes

are determined.

Proposed operational procedures for effective

operation of the subsystem and integration of its output with the elements of

the 438L System. These will include definitive data flow charts, file-up

grading procedures, and special computer programs, in such detail that personnel

trained in operation of the equipment per se and capaba of performing existing

photo interpretation processes could implement the subsystem on a trial basis.

Operational procedures evolved while optimizing the efficiency of this subsystem

will correspond to existing organizations and procedures insofar as possible.

7. Estimates (cost and'manpower) for contractual '

technical services for the subsystem (facilities provided) in order to operate

it on a one year research and development operational test basis. This will

include:servites for error anifveliability check outi.

.1 Estimates of. eonsuMable material requiredfoi

operatiOn of the subsystem on a-one year research and developmmet operational

test basis (tape, ribbons, films, processing meterials,-ete.);
d. Time Sequence of Development: .-

As previously stated, the Data Processing. Subsystem must

providerfOr the orderly transformation of the raw data collected by the

reconnaissance satellites into meaningful intelligence. The requirement for .

rapid pioiiiiing of intelligence information is acute, and the problems of speed

are of higher priority than ever before. Storage and recall components which

encompass large storage capacity itramall apace must provide intelligence

information in a very short search time basis for all users.

•

The development of the subsystem will be'from the simple

requirements of handling the gross pioneer product to the more complex requirements of handling the larger detailed visual product as well as products of the

ferret and infrared collection media. The general scheduling of the systems and

their brief description follows:

Initial Subsystem - October 1960 - The basic subsystem

configuration must be chosen to achieve the minimum modification to existing

Air Force data handling systems now in R&D. This subsystem must be of unitized

design, so that later developments in component processing equipment (based on

the improved collection techniques . by later versions of the satellite) may be

incorporated without altering the "basic" subsystem concept. This in ftct may

be composed of many persons with easily developed assists to the information

extraction process rather than automatic equipment. This system must have the '

capability of meeting the moderate functional requirements necessary to support

the initial reconnaissance capabilities during this period and be compatible

with other elements of the Operating Intelligence Data Handling System.

Interim Subsystem - October 1961 - The subsystem configuration must be firmed up during FY-60. Packaging of domponents, including

necessary modifications to commerical and/or military components developed under

the initial subsystem must be completed during the latterArt of FY60, and

complete subsystem tests must be accomplished in time to insure a data reduction

facility capable of handling the advanced photographic and ferret versions of

the satellite. Again, the processed output must be compatible with the Operating

Intelligence Data Handling System. The volume of .ABS collected data will be

approximately three (3) times that of the initial system;. . •

(c) Final Subsystem - . July 1963±This'eubsystem will

consist of. operational versions of data Processing eqUipment;,:teChniquei

and proCedures not now recognized, but resUltinglioethelOgiCeljdevelopment of

the previous two subSystems. Much of the final equipment Mill . COme about as

a result of solutions to subsystem fn•tational problems eMcoupteree in the

initial and interim subsystems. The prinvOy output: of thesystaalmill be all

source evaluated ABS semi-finished and/or finished . intelligence Which will be
Data Processing Subsystem for ARS ,WS117I. (cont.)

fed into the Operating Inielligence Data Handling System existing in. this

period and disseminated to other: special...elements ot. .thik41tellUence system.,—

The voldme of ABS collected data will be . approwiswitelY.Lthree (3) times.

that of the interim system and bin (10):times that of the initial grit's.

• • '

(3). • The technical responsibility for the task areas listed

below most be combined into one contract in order . to most effiCiintly accomplish:

the objective of this subsystem:

Subsystem Design

Equipment Application & TechniqUe Exploration

Equipment Development

Data Processing Subsystem . Integration and Test.
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APR 26 1951

SLSJICTs Coordination of Wrogal7L and 11134381, lligence Data

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Handlinrg Function

Major General- zI. 14, ;sten, Jr.

Asst. Deputy Comender/Vospon System

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An area of considorable potential overlap in tto intolligcnco dote herd3.ing field could e...st in tha implementation of

AMC System Require:mat Vo. 5 elich estelakthes tho

otAdveneed Recornaimmos n:eatemn !aid aiatem Requiretent

13 which setalie'ase Sp:m=11138-Lp n 7'3/IF Intelligoncs :Atte Handl.-

ing 9yettel , PuraUCIICII o both of thoott • Syotom asquirerants • as

prosontly constituted without complote end continua no.tual coordinations awareness Pad rixicret.arrainG of +•be work prof:tie:is and

technical decisions 12:ide could sully ;mots tsoluiical manpower end

induotrial rot:o;:rces eir.ezily n.hort su.oply.

TIr..realgtetiVO !:4113.trialn rt Erdi tOct.rticsi

ory groups should ti afore cocoa: completely faailiar With both

proGrons. Contisraed effort eloold ba mode to effsiot timely liaison •

and insure that the result:, obi:tined in Ilicas proarz-va EP:re xitQa.1-

ly cori2otiblz. It would t:4-;3:1 at •(..!lie io the nirtimra action • '

roquired urgier the circuAstr,nces to 3.,04-:::re this 4Ciiievols*at of Latinate Air Force goals. ii 2 .& ;. .7,ril 1957 W:i-117.1.. Zystsm •7•oveIo9nont

Elan And Pro cots Noe, 1759 thrtyliel 1763 inclusive, are iherafora

submitted for your detailed review. These docramints should provide

a clear understanding of the W3-,117L Program /Wove ' timing arid •

requiroments, end the.aimilerity of the data hsodling portico described 1x Project NO. .1763 with Brit's: 4384 resPerildbilitietv.

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. . 3. To initiate mid extend this nrogmercoordinatioi effort.

it. is requested that ver headquarter::: prepare' . snd"soterLt.to . *astern Development Division detailed co is and. recopmendettions .

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RIQUIRININT ANWOR usnnr-Anoy

tieCironic reconnaissance using ground, shipborne or conventional airborne stations is seriously limited in penetration beyond the borders of the

Soviet Bloc. The Advanced Reconnaissance System will provide a satellite

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g signal sources located wen. within the borders of the Soviet BLOC. Although

r_- Si the peculiar environmental conditions and operational circumstances will affect

2 N < the quantity and quality of the signal data obtained, it is expected that .amplecc

0,5 intelligence will be derived to justify. the effort.

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2 6.- 15 The development of an electronic reconnaissance subsystem is ,necessaryw no" because existing systems are not Cepable .of operating unattended in the euiriione' mantel conditions which will prevail in the satellite nor are they capable' of

In iZ performing the desired functions fok. ..the volume of traffic anticiPated.

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. Fr The intelligence provided by an eleCtronic reconnaissance subsysteM'from

a satellite vehicle is expeCted augsient infOrinatiOn available -fiOin : ...

existing sources. Data may a/so be 'Ohtained tibial:will ,provide gnidanCi.in.the

direction of other intelligence . gatherinf offer ti: Thissub sYs tea . t4iii provide'

knowledge.. of Soviet sitAtitiii,bUild=14frire re ••ii,...ciPability.,:;PoSeible"tiinte9t.

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7SECEET7TTTIZT- ELECTRONIC RECONNAISSANCE SUBSYSTEM FOR ARS, WS117L

(UNCLASSIFIED TITLE) SUBSYSTEM F,. nun

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2 Apri1719!

Pro j;1760

It will also provide indications of Soviet military and technolOileal progress.

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21..a. s Brief and Military Characteristics

The Electronic Recommits:4=e **system . .will be capable:of. &meeting,-

measuring and processinteleCtromagUetic signals emanating frail areas of

-" •

interest. • • •

The equipment will gather information describing the signal parameters

and location Of unknown emitters. Each flight will attempt to accomplish a

predetermined intelligence. mission. Information received by the ferret subsystem

will be stored for subsequent re-transmission to.the ground data link. Ground

analysis and data reduction will be performed with the received data.

b. Approach 

.Ferret equipment will be designed, to satisfy requirements based upon

considerations of the electronic intelligence objectives of the United States

that may be satisfied by a satellite reconnaissance system. Design and.

development of the pioneer equipment can be initiated immediately in order to

obtain some intelligence data as moon as possible. Study must proceed

simultaneously to establish the intelligence requirements for later missions

and to develop the specialized equipment needed. In all cases, the equipment

will be designed to satisfy certain specific intelligence-gathering missions.

Initial configurations of the equipment will gather data of primary

intelligence importance available to a satellite reconnaissance system. The

equipment will be capable of identifying the presence of known signals and

unknown signals within each of several frequency bands. Accuracy of information

concerning frequency and ground location may be sacrificed to optimize intercept

probability.

•

Later configurations of the equipment will be tailor-made to perform

specific intelligence missions. Impnmred accuracy will be provided for measurements such as ground location and signal parameters. -

The physical environment will present several major probleMs to be

overcome. These effects include shock, vibration,' cosmic andnuclear radiation, meteorite collision, micrometeorite errosion; and loy pressure. Other

problems include: (1) obtaining almg-life power source; (2) providing equipment with high reliability in unattended operation, (3).designing antennas which

have the desired beamwidth, gain and size characteristics, * (4) dotermining the

optimum settings for signal thresholds, bandwidths, etc.; aid (5) meeting

payload restrictions.

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Subsvstem Tasks 

(1) (a) Task 39822. Pionee Ferret Recommaissance Equipment.

(b). Contractor. Lockheed Aireraft Corporation,

Sub-Contractor: Not Determined

Task Advisor: Lt W. Ems, liCLR,NADC

(c) Objective. The Pioneer configuration-will gather basic

intelligence data about two types of signals:

Snows signals - Signals whose basic parameters

match certain known patterns.

Ne ► signals - Signals whose basic parameters deviate

significantly from known patterns.

(d) Approach. Inowledge of the characteristics of various

Soviet signals will be used to design a portion of the equipment for maximum

probability of intercepting known visuals. Sufficient accuracy must be

maintained in measuring the basic signal parameters to permit sorting;of

known signals from unknown sisnals. Equipment will meet the requirement

of determining the approximate geographical locations of known signal types•

and determining the existence of new signals in certain bands where emitters

are suspected.

Other portions of the equipment will use broadband antennas

and receivers to permit the monitoring of selected bands where activity is

'presently unknown. Only the presence of signal activit, within each of several

broad bands, and perhaps a rough measure of Certain parametets . Will be indicated.

Accuracy of information concerning frequency and ground -tocation will be

sacrificed to optimize intercept probability.
1. Radio.frequency

Ground location

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-7SECRET-TITLET. ELECTRONIC RECONNAISSANCE SUBSYSTEM FOR ARS, WS117L.

(UNCLASSIFIED TITLE) . SUBSYSTEM F, WS117L . •

2 April I97.

Proj 1760

The preliminary analysis of the . signal which. is to be -

accomplished aboard the satellite will require circuitry whiOh is well within

the tate-of-the-art. Each frequencY' band of.-interest allotted a '•

recorder channel, Time also will be recorded ,in synchronism with the signal

information. Recorded data will be :Such as ito . permii a 1014 bandwidth foreach recorder channel. Measuitimentai'vitll be-.'isade of the fOliowing parameters:

•

Playback and transmission of the data to the ground will 

be accomplished by a telemeter link. The telemetry output on the ground will

be stored on magnetic tape for subsequent analysis and reduction.

Ferret subsystemifunctional control will be provided by an

interval-indicating programmer which will be re-set by command from the ground

after each transmission period.

(f) Test and evaluation. Of prime importance to the success

of the project is the specification and implementation of rigorous environmental

and operational testing for all components and assemblies. All portions of

the system will be evaluated both individually and as an integral part of the

complete system.

(2) (a) Task 39823. Advanced Ferret Reconnaissance Equipment

'(b) Contractor. Lockheed Aircraft Corporatibn

Sub-contractor: Not yet determined

Task Advisor: Lt. W. 'Cram, WCLR, WADC

Objective. The Advanced configuration will be designed to

overcome some of the limitations , of the Pioneer equipment. The Advance Configuration will be capable of deiermiiing,with greater accuracies such details ,

as ground location and signal parameters.

' •

Approach. Parameters and accuracies will be established by

tworrelating state-of-the-art . techniques . with the current intelligence know-7-

ledge and desires. Based on the reiate of the Pioneir.evaluation .,,recoeniissauce will be extendedto.additiona0Ortions'of the frequeicy specirumind,to

geographic areas of interest. ': ,.-

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'(UNCLASSIFIED TITLE) SUBSYSTEM Fx . 88117L Proj .1760

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(e) Characteristics. The Advanced-configuration will•be composed

of . :two types of receiving equipment. The first. type 'Ili—accomplish-the

purpoie of obtaining more accurately the radio frequencyand other electrical

properties of the. signal. It mill,ConsisfOf a frequency-scanning receiver

capable of permitting . PRF analysis to within a few per cent. The. seCond type

will accomplish improved locitionii accuracy. consist of fixed,

tuned receivers of Itmited . bandwidii - capshieof more.sOPhisticated

direction-finding techniques. Both typeeef receiver equipment Will require

research and development programs which should be started during 1957.

Data analysis for the Advanced equipment will be similar

to the Pioneer except that more pulse width categories shall be censidered.

Amplitude quantizing will be required to permit scan patterns to be analyzed

and to permit null detection direction-finding systems to be employed.

Telemetering, programming, and ground analysis shall be

similar to that employed in the Pioneer configuration.

(3) (a) Task 39824. Surveillance Ferret Reconnaissance Equipment

Contractor. Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Sub-contractor: Not yet determined.

Task Advisor: Lt W. Kram, WCLR, WADC

Objectiee. To provide answers to specific intelligence

requirements in the radio frequencies Of known or suspected enemy activity.

by means of the satellite ferret reconnaissance vehicle. Surveillance equipmant will be tailor-made to provide a cipability.4.perfomuintipecifie

intelligence missions. •

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Approach. On the basis of previous satellite reconnaissance

data and national intelligence objectives; continuing refinement and

sophistication of equipment and techniquei will be performed. Frequency coverage and measurement accuracies will be extended as requited:

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Characteristics. The Surveillance equipment will utilize

eviously developed ferret 'equipment and techniquea where appliCable touthe

in.long distance scatter propogation links: Parameters;e , . accurao , 8 o.

ment will be determined by intelagence ' requiretalts and-the current state-ofthe-art in electronic techniques:.

Telemetering, programming, and ground analysis should follow

the lines of action of the previous ferret system where applicable. Confirm

ing analysis of the equipment capahilitleiand th e ints11184lickiibi*Ctiiif

is essential to insure thit specific missions can be attained, and that

critical development areas ar cack.
WILLIAM O. TROBTECHEL

Captain, USAF

Project Engineer

_szcast-Trriar: szscrRomc RECONNAISSANCE SUBSYSTEM FOR Ass, isii* z April'

(UNCLASSIFIED SUBSYSTEM F, ES117L PrOJ 1760

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Other Information 

Work . of a similar nature is currentIA being garried . pn for groundbased and airborne mecomnaissance systems.. Wmever, the restrictiams„pn

size, meight,,ieliability, anCoperatillA en440noin.it 1011 unique FO:this

orate:Band preclude usage of eimipmud;tat giee4ficitly'diiiened44144 ferrei

satellite. Because of specialiked - cipability requirid it leplennid,that -f.

the majority of this subsystem will be-developed by a guitable'subcontractor

to Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

Background History 

Studies have been made as long ago as 1947 by Project RAND.of the

Douglas Aircraft Co. to determine the problems and feasibility of launching

an earth satellite and the tactical considerations relevant to an earth

satellite. Recent studies of the feasibility of a satellite reconnaissance

system were completed by Lockheed Aircraft Corp., G. L. Martin Co., and

Radio Corporation of America.

Future Plans See Text

I

g. References 

Quarterly and Final Reports on Contracts:

AF33(600)3104

AF33(616)3105

AF33(616)3106

Project RAND, Douglas Aircraft Co. reports MA-15021 through

RA-15028 and RA-15032.

b. Signature and Coordination Block:
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of7w-c-wO. 1. RITLAND

Gen., USAF

Vice Commander

a. Present status of System h3644 i.e., plamned techni-,

cal description of the program, funding► scheduling, priority,

management procedures and planned method of imple gentation, degree

of suPervisory and managment*espensibilities delegated to AMC

Centers etc.

h.. Delineatlei of those:specific portions of the WS- 1171a outlined in Project-1763 which can be accomAished under the design and'deisloOsent of System 438.1., including in 'particular the teehnical extent otos& portion described, amoom-.. paniedhyspecific schedu3ing and programming coumittments.

4. it requested that those recommendations be forwarded to *stern Develop—font Division as soon as possible, since action has

been suspended on the implementation of Project 1763, pending their

receipt.

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The use of instrumented nose cones which follow the

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those oatponents of tha 145 . 11Ify, vehicle' ;rash ere . iniiabli to providing a plattora for collecting scientific and iPionbysiiial data. The • .

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attainient of reliability, .0* prindng• ofet‘..o.f. product • ImProvements 9

the training crews iutd tho maintenance of an &matured ready capability.

• It Li to be assulied for the purpose of this study that the warhead .

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nose cone• for saw of these launchings will ba repl.aced with an exact

duplicate at * the eitarnal appearance, 'weight, and structural caps!.

bility,...but which internally is a highly instruseented measurement

vice to Satisfy Steps 1 and 2. Tor step 3,..the nose cars. riiLl be re- .

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placed with an instromented WS 117L airframi to provide lin orbital

catabiliti;.....:10SphaiiisIshall • be placed on tha acensplialuunt Of a program for the ciolleettiop.of scientific infprmatias With a adninum of

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1 through 4 outlined ' is Item I above - •The• Study Shall be ocipieted

within 60 'digit after the receipt of this work stateliest. It is

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Minim Psepieratiat of Prellainerreperationel Ceneept for

Reftesentatives °flit Adkins 

33(2,; Lt. COL: j eopsoiat APOIR.

Najieltionbire; kijirldn2 US' ProPtratito Of .the.Preliadnery Operational Caecapt.ftr 117L. This i.e in

jpnisel :the tisitors •tile/ assosiatitermith the Proven and they

devoted a *Nor portion of the period toward gaining an under.

stiiiding.ef the systlati.O. desoriPtion, status capabilities, pro. .

blues and the Iiiplicatiols this system nay have on MAP Intallgence

collection operations and data handling procedures.

• The six (6) na3or information

eaves. the content of the POO

were dieing:sad, arid rough draft notes

sore revieuedo

General Retioriptipn..

Organisation

a. Operaticsai:Capabilittes

<-) ' Utilisation

e, Comunicatiens and Electronics;

t. Theatre. and Tins beployaent

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- It Was infernally reqiented that VDU assist the Bei CUP.

group In.preparing the initial POC draft whiehnilliater be air.

Oulated Weigh the Air•Staff tar canente. The visiting nelhere.

:21 , t0 10144 warns a draft et,tha, 10 (kgoilisatinisi secsticamititbi'

POCI following *discussiconi Dinorto:rate .

sadthatilDlit rewrite .and 'evand in part the r nacteing

five ) motions .nond h:: is planned that the groujt will

reoonnne ;400114;0r week cf7.30441sit tO1' Miff Vie -mark agt-Pt tgi draft -

that .the grow

Oection. setiowaly cOnwi.der the .fellosdng taco. major

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" - - Corporation has condubted a feaeibili tir study of the possibility of obtaining useful

, • scientific ro.eairureTnente during research and development, training, and opera.

', ..1' .. tional readine se flights of the Atlas, Titan, and Thor* ballistic missiles. This

,

part of the report summarises the conc.lusions of that study, and Parts 2, 3, Auld 4 . 

present pertinent details of the .study.

1. 1 The Basic Idea and the Policy of Minimum Interference 

Starting about two years from now, a number of IRBM's and ICBM's will be .

flown on training flights and flights to prove out operational readiness (confidence

firings)-. A live warhead will not be carried during most of these flights. It has.

been proposed that instead of replacing the warhead entirely by a durnm, warhead.

the space and weight made available could be used, at least in part. /Or instruments

for making scientific measurements of the upped atmosphere and throughout the:

regions of space which can be observed from the missile during its flight.

Since examining the problem more closely, we have come to realise that

there are several places besides the nose cone where space for instruments is

readily availabie, and that there are some practical advantages associated with

utilising these spaces, rather than trying to pack the instrumentation into the

exact space vacated by the warhead: If the instrumentation package is not placed : - •

in the nose cone, and if it is deemed desirable that the nose cone should behave

normally during re-entry (so far as deceleration, trajectory, heating, and fusing '.

.... - are concerned), then clumniywarkead will have to beused in the nose- cone.' 'If , --.',-••-

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. nuudinurn range is desired, then the dummy warhead can be made lighter than ,-, •;::: ,

the normal warhead to 'Compensa.te for the'Weight of the initrumentation. On the ... ' .

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' 2...' other hand, if some range Can be •sacrificed in the

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practice flights, the missile

..; takeToff . weight could:be,.:...,a.,,,1;.iei:"..:-,o exceed llt i by the weight of the . 

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station package.. thus causing a corresponding decrease in range. This

permit a full-weight thimmy warhead to be carried in the nose cone. On

titan: 'and Thor, there are suitable locations for Instrument packages •

g up to several hundred pounds. . No modifications .of:the:missile. are

id other than relatively minor structural modifications-for attaching a

cl package which would include instruments, power supply, telemetering, •

`rand whatever else is necessary to carry out the experiment without any tie-in to

.mis;sile power or missile communications. •

Throughout the study, itamo-Wooldridge has operated on the premise that

the scientific measurements program •should cause minimum interference with the

:,effectiven.ess of training or with the operational readiness capability. Consequently,

the experimental packages have been planned to require a minimum of modifications

to the missile as well as a minimum of interference with the countdown procedure.

It appears that there are two classes of scientific tests as viewed frOm the

4••isten)ipoint of those who are responsible for training and operational readiness. The •

:first of these is the completely noninterfering test,: wherein the addition of the

instrument package to the missile must cause no change in the handling procedure.

The countdown operation must be completely normal and the trajectory unchanged,

and there must be negligible interference with accuracy, •e-entry conditions, or .

measurements in the impact area. It may be assumed that, If these objectives can

be fully realised, the Air Force will permit a significant:fro:61ton of training And

:readiness flights to be used for scientific data collection. • •

The second class of scientific experiments are those which involve "disturbed .

" Here again the object will be to cause minimum. modification of the missile

minimum interference with the conntdown procedure, but in other ways the

Ilijght would be abnornial. For . exaznple, the ,missile might be-flown along.* lofted'

;trajectory in order M.ohtain greater altitude.. Or the nose cone Might be replaced

by nipowered vehicle capable of bringing a payload of instruments into a satellite

'orbit or evenen a .frete-flight tiajectorY to the moon. Because: such "disturbed

its ". interfere with tests are normally.; made in the irpac

are likely t vs • mkModifteition iri the hstidling Mid Coil*
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the experimental instrumentation package should be completely self-contained, Luis. eluding its own power supply. There should be an acceleration-actuated switch which

-'• turns on the power during the boost period, thus eliminating the necessity of turning

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no need to have personnel interested in the experiments in the vicinity of the launchiig stand during, say, a five-hour period preceding launching.. As mentioned above,

Again we should like to emphasise the importance attached to noninterference

th the countdown procedure during the "noninterfering flights. " There should be

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d be flown from the IOC base, Cooke Air Force Base, a few of the "disturbed l•

. • .

ts" might be launched from AYMTC, which is better instrumented for telemetry, •

the only•base with capsule recovery capabilities, and is located more favorably •

launching lunar rocketi and Some satellites.

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,than that which can be carried. In this event it may be possible to make use of

dditional flights out -0f. AFMTC for the scientific measurements program.

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ft on the power as a part of the missile countdown. Similar design philosophy would

be used throughout, so that there need be no contact with the instrumentation

0 • package during the hours immediately preceding launching.

Table 1-1 gives a summary of possible flights for the years 1959 through

June 1961. It was assumed that about half of the flights are instrumented for

scientific observations, but that only one out of ten is disturbed; thus the table gives

a summary of the scientific measurements program which might be conducted during •

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those years.

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Only the IRBM's and ICBM's intended for confidence firings have been discussed

so far; there are a certain number of boosters, however, idich are intended for

research and development flights from .AFMTC. Generally speaking, these flights

will already be loaded with instrumentation associated with the more immediate

problems of getting the ballistic missile to function reliably or trying to understand

wItyit has failed in some -particular aspect. It is possible, however, that some

ssiles may be fired to learn more about a specific destgn problem which has been .

source of trouble, but that the instrumentation associated with these tests is less
JUN 2.5 az • colonel. Terhose, wv;

. 117L Preliminary Operational Coacept

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2.The-. .attichod DA to it/bel.:Alnkla . ..*3M04.4 the trampiselom

1410=003ing draft of the lEt. 3.11Th Preliminary Operebineel•

AcCBOdar-24, Browns 131011=004i ISArwas'prepared'for yarn'

..000100ro tó4suOmps your`reviem lOgers going forward. •

 

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2. This office haelaipared- all but Beetles-II 0 the 'drafted

concept, in accordance 'with* Wirts informal request reported in

memorandum of 23 Mays Attmahmeat #2. Section II entitled 'Organisation

wan p'spared. *by the Reconnaissame Branehs Operations Control Division,

Directorate of Operations, ussio, Eq MAP, APOOP-00-R, and a copy handcarried to VDTS by Major R. Brown of thit office during a visit' oa 4

Jima. Major Brown reported that thadraft section was informally coardinrbed by his office prior to 4 one with BA Walsh, Deputy Diractor of Intelligences .00014 and 014 P. Berquist, Director of Oper-

:n atione mop. These officers and their staffs favorably endorsed the

eventual assignment of WS 1171, to SAC and the immediate assignment of

an IOC to ARM (Par. B, J, 4 and L). In addition, representatives of

SAC were subsequently informed by Eq usAr of this informal action.

-3. Please be advised that we have followed the action recommerded in your nomorandua of 1 J. which expressed concern about the

timing and organization level of introducing the IOC aspect. •EoweVers

the points concerning the nomination of a command organisation and

AEDO ls 100 role were discussed with the Ng USAF representatives during

their 1446 May visit. The *Orgaaisations section was an outgrowth of

that one meeting with 10:071 althoughol .number of subsequent internal air

staff meetings were held between Ditineteratm of D0SA4 during the week

of 20 and:J27fEW.

44 Dos/o plans to use the attached rough draft is' a basis 'for the

first official draft of the Preliminary Operational Concqpt which, when

prepared will be circulated though•the Air Staff,. SAC endAITORI,

Eq ARDC, for formal comments and reseamodations before the Preliminary

Operational Concept 'receives fame official sanction.. •

. 5. Major R. Brawn requested that the attached completed draft. be

forwarded direetly-itymthie Division to him via Lt/Col Ahnlalbainsure .

H.onntralled and sapeditlawhandling~sigase4Lehould. le considered=lt4V:•,

1Ciworking papers.. • .. *

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Gowns., USAF

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Roast QtNI*Dij P. GitauLa Gooniinotn,

.23 SEPTEMBER 1957. 

AIR OtotCorkeit'CtliTtn, V1 LL st!isursie Tilt APSMD Rertanci 1$ MADE .To. THE LETTER TO

GENERAL DRAWL INITIATED OT WDTR DATED 5 SEPTEMBER 1 ON WHICH AN /IVITATIOWWIM EXTENDED TO VISITTWE FOR A 'antrum ON THE 1.17Lir • .."`~

24 AL THOUGH TM I II OFFICE WILL WARDLE .ALL OTHER •

ARRANOCNEKTS PER TA I NI 40 TO GENERAL GRAUL I S V I SI To IT 1$

. REQUESTED TWAT YOU PREPARE AN AGENDA AND MON I TOR THE ACTUAL. BR Er I NO. FOR-PA NG 

A VAILABLEI ALL DAY THE 

PURPOSES, GENERAL GRAUL WILL DC - 23RD tr NECESSARY, NOWEVERg . YOU SHOULD NOT PLAN OR STARTING THE BR i Er I N4 UNTILL 0°30 APPOI NTMENT WI TM DUE 10 .1113

SUBMIT TO pits orrfct

GENERAL . SON I EVER AT •414 YOU REQUEST

WITH TIMES AND SP

19 . 6cr THE p4nut p : AGENDA EAKERS I NO I CATEO.

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Costuming, Rabe am •DEVELOP CENIZR GatIFMB AIR FORCE • BASE, NE11 /URIC

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=Lamm= nom wgiR 1o1.3.5 FoR coma avg.

AS A FOLID*UP 10 RECENT DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING ASSIGPOWIT OF RESn

PONSIBMTI TO RAW FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SUM= I OF WS 1174 214

FOLLOWING GUIDANCE IS PROM= TO ASSIST IN =TABUN= PROCEDURES

TO SELECT PRIM CONTRACTOA, SUIN3YSTIM I, W8 11Th. TRU aniczcox IS

OF MEDIATE AND =VAL CONCERN TO BOTH RAW AND maw, AND IT IS

TBEREFORE RECO THAT TRW SOURCE SELECTION BOARD NOTED BELOW BE

DULY APPOINTED AND COMM) AT RAW ON OR ABOUT 6 Nome= To xpiaii

MELT lk)BZ pane= IN THIS mpcsTurr AREA:

1. A SPECIAL EtiuRim ammo! BOARD BE APPOIETSD BY q- Cling=

FOR TEE PURPOSE OF APPROVING SOURACS AND DIPARTTALLY REVp

PROPOSALS RELATING TO I= mum Alm rew.onima OF SURSYSTE24

WS lin, AND IF ANT °P TE PRoPosma AAB/OM TO ACq1CPTWas

TO C°114001111 1413C T A .• OK
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Iti012 AM3 110)LINATIOSS FOR THE BOA1W ARE: coLciaa, mayaziac- .

ODERs 76B ciaAjED TS, rs cowing, zutim sigAry.

$4 AC, CLEARED TB, • isna. Hama. r, irmwzRat .252204 AThO,

-• HNICAL REPRESENTATM, CLEARED TB. • BASED UPON DISCUSSIONS •t.

RADC AND TiISDIVIS ION 23 SEPTEMBER APPR OPRIATE RADO;••

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'1 REPRESENZATIVES INCLUDE: 

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COLONEL BUICIANNA (PRESID.Siff), ma. HARRY -.• • DAVIS, MR. RICHARD mar (TECHNICAL REPRESIDEATriz). • . •

2. THE URGENT NEED TO lanai line SYSTEM CONTRACTUAL wax IN •

SUBSYSTEM I AND THE NECESSITY TO MAINTAIN SECURITY INEURITY OF THIS

SENST1'IVE PROGRAM REQUIRE THAT A MINIMUM NUMBER OF P.CIIS733LE SOURCES **. •

COMPATIBLE WITH CONDUCTING A ?Ara AND Dour= CCOOYSTITION SHOULD

BE coNsamiso. )

THE Re AND ROC TECHNICAL REPRESENTATIVES wow .

. JOINTLY COMPILE THE LIST OF WORMS BASED UPON APPLICABLE CRITERIA

ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED FOR THE OVER.-ALL COMPETITIVE SELECTION OF THE

113 117L PRIME CONTRACTOR SUPPLDIENTED BY SUCH TICHNICAL.CRITERIA AS

MAI BE DETERMINED AS BEING PARTICULARLY APPLICABLE TO SUBSIST( I.

THE SOURCE LIST SHOULD. BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE BOAtt PRIOR

TO SOLICITATION OF PROPOSAL BY ROC.

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COMDR *ADC HAS -BEEN BRIEFED THIS DATE REFERENCE FINDINGS OF SUB

SYSTEM I ' SOURCE SELECTION BOARD GEN GRAUL HAS CONC URRED . IN BOARDS

RECOMMENDATION AND DESIRES IMMEDIATE INITIATION OF PROCUREMENT

ACTION.IT IS. REQUESTED THAT BMB NOT CONTACT THE SELECTED

CONTRACTOR UNTIL THIS HQ . ADVISES THAT CONTRACTING OFFICER HAS INITIATED

NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CONTRACTOR SIGNED H BURHANNA COL USAF

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10/21312 JAN-RJEPGF

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ROMS AUX MIAMI? MN= •

Air Research and Development Commond

UNITED STATE AIR FORM

Griffis. Air Pores Base, Hew York

Office of

THH COMMA 11 January 1958

MOM Source SelestIoni its-writ Subsystem I

TO: Director of Procurement

Rams Air Development Center

Oriffiss Air Fares Baas, Raw York

This is to confirm toy verbal orders of 10 January WO.

The selection of the Ramo4fooldridge Corporation is the

source for WS.117L Subsystem Tp in . accordance with the findings

of the SID/RADC Source Selection Board, is apprcrved. You are

directed to initiate immediate procurement action and enter into negotiations with this contractor.

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SIGNED

D. P. ORM'

Brigadier Generals USAF

Commander

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SUBJECT: Selestion. Of .rsiko Contunktter.KekDSta Froseksing

Suberyteiii 115117L.

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2. During the 64‘11krotable..1957 :listing period . the Bbard

established detailed, source...eValitation.procedure, inoludingt

a. Genera criteria for selection of .4tompetent solicitation

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Appointment of a working group. composed q technically

cospetent'aeabers.

Instructions, to the working group.

d. Detailed evaluation criteria for ° selection of contractors.

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a. Time phaeing of the Site Selection Hoard actions.

f. t3cOge of general nufgement.proposil to be submitted.

I :accordance sWith instractiatip_.reiteived . from the Hoar the • working group soreeked.a tet.s1 Of .138 prairie:AI:We contractors and submitted to the Board the falliwing.oimerlea33.7..Kanked four (1t) con-

\rectors doonsiAered tentatively qualitiad to be'isolicited with request

for Prolics

(1) Mamo-lionlilridge Corporation

(2) Rdio Corporation of America

(3) International Easiness Machines

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the Beard and' liars acaipted idth minor

a detailed'. point: brimnioun. for...each' indiaidonl. . Of. Itie detailed

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-77 coalleting..contore to ",,..as..follcgre.and unanimously recommanded tko

aelaCtion of. RR as the .mosi ailjaik4 sources

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ariAexia rated:4 the moil:log..000p; . These voightiogo maro s ..41. 7010. to

the approved rehanp and a total paint score tor each contractor was

obtained.
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DSVEIDINNIT MINTER

AIR FORMS BMA, MI ICAUC

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TARN MEDIATE ACTION TO INFORM TAN =ORM= MR.

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Director of Realms* and

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In view of IFINV's justification on the *I* contract I feel it

would be unethical and of. legality to extend the R- participation in WS um to Systems Engineering Services.

Further, it should be realised that giving R-if *Systems Engineering*

would require modific ation of the Lockheed contract. In view of our current

problem at Lockheed this could well slow dawn the DOD effort on an already

difficult schedule.

5. None of the preCeeding should imply that I an unaware of the fist

that WS 11Th has problems where s-wi B. help, properly established, would be

moat useful. I recently received from Dr. Mettler a draft paper on "Systems

Problems in using 117L as Second Stage on Thor, Atlas or Titan Boosters*.

While most helpful this paper does not point up problems that we have not

already recognised and are taking action on.

6. This most recent eX0r0i130 on increased Bp*partioripation was

predicated on a presently inadequate niimber of Air Force personnel assigned

to WS 117L. In view of the President's decision to place WS 117L on a

Nationally co-equal priority with tht.ICEIN a/X1 MBE programs, I strongly .

recommend that the 1113 un project office be manned to withal/ad strength

iminediately. With sufficient military engineering personnel on board to

carry a close monitoring of contractor efforts, we would be able to identify

problem areas which might then be placed with Bp.ii under our current call

contract in a timely and effective fashion.

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MtMORANDUMFORCOL0/114,%0PRIARD

SUIIJIIZT; . Air Technical 

-.‘ Information Center (AF.CIN44) Requiremen In Support. of 1•013 117L • •

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1.- The Air Technical Information Center is ieisponsible for.

subsystempewsua.

the special processing of certain of the-information .expected from

2. ATIC has ' informalky expressed a requirement for Fr 1958. MCP funds in the estimated amount of $300,000 to expand existing

technical laboratory space to. meet this requirement: the need They state for a two year lead-time to design, construct and equip this facility with a useful need date of early 1960. Therefore, FY 58 MCP funds will be required.

.3. It is desired that you take . the necessary actions to include these funds in the WS 117L PT 58 construction budget. ATIC will furnish such detailed description and is required. justification as C

by AKIN with SAC. oordination of this requirement has been accomplished

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0. J. RITIAI1D

Brig General, USAF

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facility And to eqUiP the Physical -PIant With the AboMmairY113. 11Th

equiplents. Fora 161's hais been submitted amid $5;000,000.00 Of

NV funds are programmed for let Quarter Fiscal 59..

3• 'ROC is negotiating e Prins Comitracit for the Data Pricilies-;

ing Subsystem with R-% Rammi-WoOloiridge COrpOration mill be resPons- .

lble fOr the development of necessary equipment and techniques for

operation of the ARSIC.

1. The derielopieent of the APSIC will progress in several

phases. .Initially it 'will take the form of a small Antatetition

center to interpret. and Ovalnite 'the material rtiturned 'tram . the '

series 'of early vehiCleis. • UpOn conipletiOn of the phYsidel-Plint,

the Center will_be .occupied and Will progress in sophistiditiOn

tO et the ever increasing data output capability of the vehicles

on orbit.

5: It is planned to man the Center with militaizy personnel

is soon as it is feasible to do 'so. ConcUrrent with the .3iLlitarY

Operation of the 'Center; RA D will continue (at mmoke'location) on

new equipments and techniques for phase in' as required. •

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