PROCESSOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A003200020028-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 28
• Publication Date: June 22, 1965
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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3un* 22 1965
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Since this is the end of the first year o. the processor
development program, it seems appropriate to look at the
strength and weakness of the project.
Liza a clean room facility has been established and a
program outlined to determine clean room requirements. By
accurately determining the cleanliness levels needed it
may be possible to reduce filtering and construction
costs, (and just possibly this might save more for the
government than the entire cost of the program)
S c nd, they have undertaken to establish some tiorely
needed data on high temperature processing which for some
unaccountable reason is unavailable from film manufacturers.
they have measured some fundamental data such as
ending forces, drag forces on film in water,
iciency of flow thru pipe and fittings which s
be available in the general technical literature,
isn't.
7:21,4111, they have established a hardworking and
group which is imaginative and inventive.
The program has been operating wide .t, . major handicaps
a) It got a very slow start becauseIto-nagement was
unable to make timely manpower ass ??ts; b) The program
manager, I does not have clearance to permit
him to converse easily and continuously with his customer.
As a result he operates in somewhat of a vacuum and this
is deadly to an investigative program.
These handicaps have snowballed to produce other handl
caps, the principal one being a shortage of funding.
Next a few words about the Shortcomings of the program:
jeirst,Flmanagement is highly oriented toward hardware
design an production and therefore finds it difficult to
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judge a program oi this sort.ThL
timulate a good research program.
Secon4, Ism no convinced of the high technica
cot,eteaee of the technicel staff on this prograa.
a t X
have not had the opportunity to study their
technical reports carefully and this may not be a fair
3, 6 lt
Th1rd the pgrarn gtvs the impr s on of a scattergun
TEM on,a multitude of problems rather than a solidly
oriented, well considered research program. The original
charter was deliberately made broad to provide' 'cone
siderable freedom in orientation and priorities.
In eummary, it is My opinitrn that the strengths of he
sesegram far outweigh its shortcomings and the program
should be vigorouely aupported. Processing is such an
link in the image quality chain that a program
Tinesperately needed. The program pace, while
y &oine standards, is far faster than the pace of
varsity research for example. It is not as thoroueb
however.
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To bolster technical c
and guidance, I sagges
the program, I sue
spends 2 or 3 days
homework by reac
composed o
petence and provide inspire on
quarterly teehnieal review of
be accompliehed by a team whieh
seeing previously done its
eports. I suggest
contract monitor
the aced ic $
from the Pentagon and the
. The first review Should
cond ip October 1965 and
a is only one suggestion
ways to Accomplish the same
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and you may
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n July i965
December
December 1965.
think of better
Preeent tatu of the lean room indicates it will be
ready for oper4tion in July. It is completed
f discrepancies have been corrected.
DOW convinced that they actually mus
e and humidity control accuracy requir
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number of technical reports on task assignments have been
published and more will be published by the end of June.
Work is contineing on the clean room task, the liquid
hearing task, the vacuum capstan task, the high processing
iata task and the comprehensive film processing data chart
task.
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