RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPROVAL REQUEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A002300060016-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2001
• Sequence Number: 16
• Content Type: REQ

Approved For Release 9094/19ECliT-RM8B0474
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
PROJECT APPROVAL REQUEST
I. Identification
Declass Review by'NIMA / DoD
The Plans and Development Staff of the National
hotographic
25X1A
Interpretation Center, proposes the development of a P
ototype Model
25X1A
II
Projected Scale Micrometer under a fixed price con
level. This item was inclu
ract with
ed in the ans
an
eve opment Staff NPIC Contract Procurement Sched
le for Fiscal
Year 1965 under Category III Measurement and Rectifica
II. Objectives
The result of this development will be a protot
f th P
t
d
changes to improve the operational usefulness of the
ment. It differs somewhat in design concept and is ba
to optimize and apply human engineering to a measuring
successful on the original prototype.
U e rojec
e
Scale Micrometer built for NPIC by
under a previous contract. The Model II instrument
III. Background
Photographic interpretation operations present a
pertaining to the measurement of ultra-small images wi
goal of providing the necessary clues to aid in their
A device to solve this problem should be precise, comp
relatively inexpensive to procure in production quanti
Projected Scale Micrometer was produced with these req
Sand the prototype was generally quite successful in pr
of the projection type measuring system. The Model II
most desirable features of the original and introduces
to simplify and improve the measuring process.
IV. Technical Specifications
The Model II Projected Scale Micrometer will be
ment incorporating the following characteristics:
b. Both the image and the measuring mark m
while utilizing the complete zoom magnification
subject stereomicroscope.
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