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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B05171A000200030012-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 25, 2003
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: April 17, 1969
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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1. Zt is anticipated that by FY 1972 the NPIC R&D program will have trans-
posed from a short term quick pay off solution oriented program and have
laid the foundation for a systems oriented program. In as much as it is
premature to predict individual projects that Par in the future we prefer
to program our R&D effort into eight general program efforts representing
a functional breakdown of the imagery analysis process.
The fallowing chart represents the eight categories, their titles,
and how we prefer to program the money against the categories for the
period of FY 1972 through FY 1975? Included in the programs are the mini-
mum sums considered necessary to prepare for and eventually 'handle Real
Time Systems.
Category I--Image Interpretation Process
Research
Category II--Image Analysis & Manipulatian
Category III--Information Technolorry
Category IV--Reproduction Materials &
Equipment
Category V--Image:-Interpretation
Equipment & Techniques
Category VI--Mensuration Equipment 80
Techniques
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Category VII--Test & Evaluation
Equipment & Techniques
Category VIII--Management Support
Management Support
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2. The type of projects for consideration in each of these programs
efforts is as follows:
I. Image Interpretation Research--As new systems are designed
and proposed continued research will be required in the human factors
relating to image interpretation.
will require considerable efforts to insure
adequate exploitation of these materials without adverse effects on
the imagery interpreters or loss of efficiencies.
II. Image Analysis and Manipulation--Continued efforts can be
anticipated in digital image restoration, image quality measures,
micro-image characteristics, ATR image specifications and etc>, with
increased emphasis on ystems as the system parameters
become firmer. Also to be anticipated are efforts in hybrid image
manipulation, improvide processing parameter specifications, improved
quality measurement devices; and in determination of color and bi-
color values. Also for consideration in this time period are additional
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III. Information Technology--Within this program element lies the
greatest potential for increasing the productivity of the Center without
significant personnel increases. The types of projects under consideration
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are advanced film handling equipment, automated editing and reporting
techniques, expanded collateral retrieval and display techniques, and
improved printing techniques. This program area in general will also
encompass work developing a improved and expanded integrated informa-
tion system. Additional work is also anticipated in further develop-
ment of an integrated chip system within the Center.
IV. Reproduction Techniques and Equipment--It is anticipated
operation reality and new lines of reproduction equipment as well
as product improvements of equipment currently programmed for will
be required. New and advanced chip production equipment is also anti-
cipated.
V. Image Interpret~.tion Instruments and Techniques--The process
of building better image interpretation equipment is a continual
process and it is anticipated that new systems will require considerably
different equipment than we are currently developing. Continued work
in the Image Analysis and Image Interpretation Process programs
will play a m~~or role in determining requirements for new projects
in this program area. The types of projects anticipated are advanced
projection viewers, stereo scanning equipment, target or change
detection equipment, and continued optical system development.
VI. Mensuration Equipment and Techniques--This program area will
depend heavily on the~:~evelopment of new acquisition systems and
the precise measurement studies requested in previous programs for the
development of requirements for specific projects. Examples of
that_by this time period use of dry photo process will become an
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anticipated projects are advanced analytic stereo plotters, data black
readers, and rapid~~ response devices for Real-Time imagery.
VII. Test and Evaluation Equipment and Techniques--As the Center's
equipment becomes more specialized and complex it becomes increasingly
difficult to depend on available instrumentation for testing and
maintenance purposes.. Tt therefore becomes necessary to develop
specialized equipment to effectively maintain our development and
maintenance programs. The specific projects in this program area
are totally dependent on equipment still in or yet to ga in the develop-
rnent stages and it is therefore premature to predict the actual
pro,j acts .
VIII. Management Support--This program area includes external
management support of an operations research nature not directly
applicable to one of the other program elements. The type of projects
that may be considered are advanced exploitation technology planning,
the design and integration of systems, including training and maintenance,
and the development of techniques to facilitate internal control of
~tesearch, Development, fiest, Evaluation and Maintenance programs.
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