SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP76B00734R000100140007-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 1, 1973
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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The initial concept for the Optical Bar Camera design is over
five years old as of 1968. The specifications for the system have
been released to various Government agencies and there are many
people within both Government and industry who are aware of the
system capabilities.
Itek has been producing this system since July, 1966, on our
internal project number Control of the system is maintained
at present by means of a DOD secret clearance with a special access
requirement. Under the terms of this DOD contract the only classified
items are the ultimate vehicle use and the customer. The hardware
per se, is unclassified as are the performance specifications.
The present Itek contract, in the amount of
provides for the installation of the Optical Bar
system within the model l54 drone developed by Ryan, Incorporated.
The initial attractiveness of the Optical Bar configuration,
in addition to the high performance capabilities, was the relative
low cost of these systems. The present contract calls for approx-
imately thirteen units to be delivered at an approximate cost of
This figure and subsequent
negotiations and cost proposals were arrived at because Itek would
be able to produce the thirteen aforementioned units because of the
relative small changes in our manufacturing and production techniques
both from a system modification and internal control.
Simultaneous with the performance of the Washington contract,
Itek will also be actively engaged in producing this system under
not only our present DOD secret/SH contract but for other vehicles.
Proposals are pending for installation of the OB system in the
reconnaissance version of the F-lll aircraft as well as others.
NRO review(s) completed.
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If the customer insists upon handling the production of their
thirteen units in a completely black environment, the cost for the
program will increase immeasurably because of: (1) the internal
physical security modifications, and the lack of approved individuals
to assemble the unit. In addition, delivery date will be pushed
forward from approximately three months from now until at least
six months from now. It is proposed to incorporate the two efforts
under one roof and to divorce only those project oriented drawings,
vehicle specifications, and customer identifying documents, drawings,
prints, etc. from the regular DOD effort. This could be done by
setting up a separate closed area to control visitors and associated
contractors and to store the sensitive documents which identify
vehicle, customer, and/or intended mission areas. Under this arrange-
ment the only secure area that would be required would be the previous
mentioned secure area and a black shipping procedure.
It is impossible to identify the ultimate vehicle use for this
system either to the drone or to the vehicle. The only thing
that can be gleaned from observance of this system is that it is a
camera used for altitude reconnaissance and could be directly
associated with an aircraft and with no specific model. The
modifications that will be made to the OB configuration that will
differ it from the Ryan vehicle is that the film spools will be
slightly different and the main frame assembly will be different.
This will cause no speculation among our uncleared technicians in
that they will think that the camera is destined for a different
vehicle than previous versions. Imposing a strict security standard
of both a physical and personnel nature will raise more speculation
as to ultimate vehicle and possible use.
As on the present DOD contract all subcontracts are handled
on an unclassified basis in that the vendors are supplying only
black boxes that cannot be identifiable with any system. There is
no interface in the final assembly area required between vendors and
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Itek. All vendor supplied equipment is installed by Itek technicians.
Possible flaps could occur because of the presence of both the DOD
version and the Washington version being produced under the
same roof as the facility is now inspected by DOD inspectors.
This would not present a serious problem except in the vQin of
speculation because, if need be, the systems could be physically
divorced.
If our customer insists upon handling this program in .a completely
black manner, it is proposed that we divorce their final assembly
area and approve only those individuals who will be engaged in the final
assembly, QA, and shipment of the system. It might help to point
our that the Delta 11 and Delta III configurations were only handled
in a black manner because of the simularity to the J-1 system
developed for the "C" program and it was thought that the Delta
camera would be misconstrued as a satellite reconnaissance camera.
The only work that would be performed on the system outside of the
present complex is the environmental testing which would be performed
in the Lexington Facility. This would present no security problem
as the chamber is pressurized to 29,000 feet which is hardly
indicative of the altitude of the vehicle. This is made possible
by the use of the pressurized Q-Bay.
After final assembly and tests, the company identifiable QA
inspection stickers will be removed prior to shipment. Shipment
would be handled through normal black channels by either commercial
or project aircraft pending upon whether delivery was to be made to
Georgia or California.
The alternatives if a black route is followed are: (1) a
large increase in the number of personnel requiring project approval--
(2) A complete securing of our
Burlington #3 Facility and the relocation of the DOD version.
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