PROJECTS & PROGRAMS STAFF MONTHLY REPORT - SEPTEMBER 1970

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• Publication Date: October 13, 1970
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13 October 1970
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, Technical Services Group, NPIC
SUBJECT . Projects & Programs Staff Monthly Report - September 1970
A. During September, the Projects & Programs Staff conducted staff
functions for TSG [including 1) administrative and support services for
the Group, 2) continuous control and coordination of all TSG require-
ments and work orders, 3) working level liaison contact with PPBS on
budget matters, and 4) with PSG on production matters] and was also in-
volved in the following actions:
1. Provided TSG representation at the NPIC Training Se-
lection Panel on 15 September.
2. Prepared documentation and coordinated activities for
the TSG Career Panel that convened on 24 September to complete
CER's for GS-13's.
3. Provided for the regular and special EXRAND meetings.
Arranged field trip to I land ACIC, St. Louis,
Missouri. Special meeting held on 30 September conducted to
consider the status of NRT and its relation to exploitation
research and development.
4. Provided the executive secretary for a joint RED-
Contractor meeting that convened at the "Plantation" to dis-
cuss the future of nonconventional imagery.
.5 As Budget Officer for. TSG, II organized a
team of Division tepresentatives in preparation for the FY-73-
77 Five Year Plan and other budget exercises.
6. Maintained constant coordination with PPBS/RAD, IEG,
and PSG in an effort to establish new channels for handling re-
quirements and work orders since the PMB has stopped meeting.
7. Arranged for a series of tours to acquaint new TSG
personnel with Center operations and resolve questions regard-
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8. Acted as coordinating office for the Group in Build-
ing studies of.parking problems and reallocation of parking
spaces. Performed various coordination activities in connec-
tion with the modification of including scheduling
TSG escort duty.
B. During October the following significant actions are anticipated:
1. Complete the Foreign Travel Prediction report for
submission to the DDI.
2. Analyze and report on domestic travel and training
expenditures and estimates through November.
3. Arrange the TSG Career Panel meeting to convene on
27 October.
4. Coordinate with PPBS in directing TSG budget planning,
including initial Group preparations for the FY-73-77 Five Year
Plan.
5. Arrange for appropriate representation in the imagery
exploitation community to hear briefings on the NPIC "chip" po-
sition and the latest results of the development in "Free
Radical," a dry process system; the information will be dis-
semminated through a scheduled EXRAND meeting.
Acting Chief,
Projects & Programs Staff, NPIC/TSG
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MEMORANDITM FOR: Chief, Projects & Programs Staff,
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SUBJECT: APSD Activity Report for September 1.970
1.. The following- items of significant interest
occurred in the APSD during September 1970:
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(l.) In-depth discussions on division missions,
functions and operations were held with 25X1
(PSG) from III through 30 Sept., and will continue
through 9 October.
(2) departed the Agency
on 28 Sept. to-enter the School of Law at
Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
(3) began the Center--
sponsored photogrammetry course on 21 Sept.
The course schedule is 0800-3..100 on Mondays
and Wednesdays for 12 weeks.
(I+) enrolled in a
chemistry course at the Charles County Community
College in LaPlata, Md. The class meets Monday,
Tuesday and. Wednesday nights for the next three
months.
(5)
traveled to Norfolk, Va. on 9 Sept. with an.
Agency group for a one-day, first-hand refresher
course on radar interpretation. The presentation
was given by in. the Intelligence
Operations Center aboard the USS John F. Kennedy.
B. Exploi.ts:tion Su ort
(1) Interpretation
(a) The breakdown team selected 27.
frames for special high contrast duplication
(SO-369/6+51) on In addition,
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the Middle :bast, coverage received high
contrast printing.
(.b) The division completed for
Army/SPAD, a set of Micro---d raster scans
of a "DISH" by aTRY ADD facility to
determine if objects are obscured in
shadow.
(c) Support of. the' Army/SPAD's request
for.isodensity traces of. TRY ADD "A" Building
Antenna at launch Complex D, SSMTC, was
completed this month.
.(2) Photogrammetric, Statistics and
me st i gat ions
(a) To provide report preparation.
support to the COM:EREX VIIR Committee,
the division prepared, at a common scale,
25 mathematical best-fit curves relating EEIs
and Resolution. Also to be prepared is a
cumulative curve of all of these systems.
The basic resolution/EEI input data was pro-
vided by representatives of the VHR Committee.
(b) In support of a highly sensitive
DDS&T project, the division has written and
tested. two analytical photogrammetric math
models. The data reduction is to be accom-
plished in-house and the results are to be
transmitted, informally, directly to DDS&T
with no other dissemination.
(c) In support of the stereo scanning
utility study, where l is to obtain in--
formation for a management decision concerning
the continuation of the automated stereo
development, we have prepared for
differential. scale. and distortion data. This
data consists of generated pan. coordinates
from a plain ground grid as viewed from
various scan angles and at selected focal
lengths.
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C . C o l l e c t i o n Sjyste r Su2port-
(. l.} Operational Activities
(a). The division received a requirement
from. the NRO to. assist in publication of
their 0 Concept of Operations Manual.
With the assistance. of PSG. components,
this-document was. reproduced in some 200
copies and returned to the NRO for distr.:L--
bution to the Community. Ten copies were
requested for NPIC internal distribution.
(b) Division personnel were involved
daily in the ' Program providing
information. t ponents on mission
status, camera data and film arrival time.
Many hours of overtime were required during
the month to stay abreast of this high
priority and satisfy the informational needs
of NPIC officials.
(c) A statistical report on the square
nautical miles covered by'the KH--11. system
from (T'Y 65) to the current date
was urni.s e to Chairman of
the Imagery Collection Requirements Sub
Committee, COMIBEX.
(d) The receipt of only one copy of
the newly revised Reports Control Manual.
by NPIC was noted. e division quickly
arranged for six additional copies of this
manual from the NRO, including two additional
for the APSI).
(e) The increase in mission activity
of the I _j Program was supported
closely during the report period. Liaison
activities with the.IEG component responsible
for readout. of these missions was maintained
and continues daily as of this report. A
special cable addressee header was established,
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acquisition altitude ofll zty ratings versus
targets on the high priority
sented in tabular form toffs data was pre--
23 Sept, on
similar data for the non-priority targets
in. coordi.natiori with PTA and the Office of
the Director, for a s_eciai category of
information resu7_tiii . frr_?om the e missions
(f) Several briefings were arranged
for key officials of t-1-10 OSA, including
their Director
Program duri.n , oo the
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IEG staff members were most g the month.
furnishing helpful in
PI support for these briefings.
o t he c expressed his appreciation
enter for these briefings.
(g) The initial -chase handling of
was accomplished on 3 through
Sept. The normal breakdown sequence
was altered to provide IEG with an ad-
vance copy of certain Middle East coverage.
Shipment of -this special copy was made
prior to that of Priority IA.
(11) Preliminary results of the Color
Reproduction Study were used to determine
the techniques for reproducing the color
portion of
porton Green separation
wh_- c up D_cate positives were
provided to the PIs for initial phase
interpretation, color reproductions were
to follow shortly thereafter. This method
proved especially valuable since the color
duplicates were delayed due to problems
encountered during the reproduction phase.
N) In response to a request from
NEO/SOC, a comparison
was made of interpret)- -'
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i-IlJDJECT: AI'SD Activity Deport for September 19(0
Eleven missions were evaluated in September
compared to two in August. System-related
problems were exhibited on several of these
missions indicating that two of the three
camera units at OL-l9 need refurbishment.
mission activity occurred Burin tr
i o OCLO Der (k) A substantial increase in
(j) Initial phase handling support was
provided on nine missions during
the month. In ad -i_tjOn., detailed evaluations
of each mission are being provided to OSA.
Support is expected to continue during the
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18 Sept. to examine the material and discuss
the problems.
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to West
(1) Density profile data plots were
generated for the exposure/filter evaluation
of KII l
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Support to R&D
(a) The division reviewed the draft of
a memorandum which described the Development
Objectives for the proposed Color Control
Cell. A memo containing relative comments
and suggestions was forwarded to TSG/RED
on 23 Sept.
(b) Work on the ?VHR follow--up study for
the DIA has been completed. The project
remains open, however, in the event that
additional support is required.
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2. The following significant items are anticipated
for the month of October:
A. Ten men from IEE are tentatively scheduled
to visit the facilities, I Ithe
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B. will contain approx. 500 feet
of color. In addition, the optical titler may be
used to title the black/white portion of the mission.
C.
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vance Management Seminar at
on 12-16 October.
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are tentatively scheduled to attend
the Maintainability and Reliability course in
the DDS&T area at .Eqs. during the week of 5 October.
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will
on the West Coast concerning
Parameter Report 'Content.
meeting
Mission
F. Installation and testing of new optics
for the 1032T will be accomplished during
the mon
G. will
visit the
on October.
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plan to attend the
in.-house optics refresher course by
22, 23, 29, and 30 October.
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Chief, Applied Photo Science Division,
TSG/NPIC
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8 October 1970
MEMORANDUM FOR: Chief, PPS
SUBJECT : ESD Monthly Report for September 1970
A. Noteworthy Events
1. Automatic Target Indexing Device _ A Test Plan'for this
device has been written and was distributed on 11 September.
Ion 15-18 September for scheduled pre-acceptance
demonstration. The ATID was inoperative due to computer malfunction at
2. Experimental Dry-Silver Processors - Modification to 1st Floor
T&E spaces have beencompleLed.~ TheeDry Silver 10" Sheet processor 25X1
& 40" Paper processor were delivered on 21 September. Preparation for
their testing is virtually complete.
3. Screen Materials for Light Tables -- An additional material was
received~i'n-sTEB and tested.' A report supplementary to that written in
August was written and distributed by ESD/TEB-032/70). 25X1
4. I I6x6 Twin Stage Comparator a The TSC was modified by
on 15 & 1 September. A memo report (ESD/TEB-031/70) was
written by bn 28 September concerning the results of this
modificatio .
5. Optical Testing Study - personnel were in-house 25X1
on 2 September to discuss this contract.
6. _1.5)+0 Light Table - Preparati n for testing the 511.0
Pre-Production -mod l continues. The acceptance Test Plan Preliminary)
was reviewed with EPB. As a result an EPB Acceptance Test Plan was
written and has been forwarded to ri by RED.
7. Emergency Maintenance Service -- The Equipment Performance Branch
received7nrequests-LLfor. miscellaneous emergency service during September.
Approximately 61+ were electronic type, 25/b mechanical and 11% optical.
These requests by operational components are:
IEG 31 Army 8
PSG' 30 TSG 3
DIA 12 IAS 1
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8. Preventive Maintenance Under the Preventive Maintenance program
a total were xe serviced. This _included. cleaning, repair._.
i.ng, lubwi.cai .i.on, alignment, and replacement of missing or malfunctioning
parts. Minor modifications were made as required. These actions by
operational components are:
IEG 136 Army 3
DIA 105 T SG 2
PSG 9 IAS 1
9. Modification Design, and Fabrication Projects Nine m.odi.fica-
tion, design, and fabrication projects were completed in support of Center
components including:
(1) Design, fabrication, and assembly of a special prototype film
cutter and splicer for use and evaluation by IAS.
(2) Fabrication of two special type briefing board holders for
holding unmounted photo enlargements. These holders are to be used by IEG
in conducting morning briefings for Chief, IEG, and the Director, NPIC.
(3) Fabrication of 25 special si~,e plastic templates for use in
arious
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ared with
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from an. outside source. Savings were
(4) Miscellaneous Projects
September.
a.. Twelve new. IIS remote stations were installed during
The remote equipment included (7) Teletype printers, two (2)
printers and three (3) 0 Display Units.
b. Moisture has been found in quite a few Zoom 2408 carrying
cases,*causing rust to form on the lens attachments. has
been informed of the problem and a carrying case with the pod and attach-
ments has been returned to the plant for study.
The first shipment of 92 Zoom 240 pods is now being shipped
to for image rotation modification. The shipment had been
delayed
pending
arrival of packing material from
10. The following new equipment was tested for operational components:
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Wide span Rhomboids 30
.43X Rhomboid Lenses 60
lX Rhomboid Lenses 60
2X Rhomboid Lenses 60
,5X Mono Lenses, 30
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attended the non-con-ventional photographic
12 arc attending the "Probability
Theory & Statistics" course currently being given at NPIC.
13. ntered on duty as a Co-op on 8 September for a
3?-month tour. This i s initial tour.
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24 September.
returned to school after his 3rd Co-op tour on
Enhancer on 23 September.
to inspect Contrast
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31 August - 1 September to assist in testing and inspecting, e Advanced
Stereo Rhomboid prototype.
17, completed his summer intern program and returned
to the University of Maryland.
18. I Ia Georgia Tech student, began his second
Co-op period in EPB_.
19. Co-op student previously assigned to the Test &
Evaluation Branch has been dropped from the engineering curriculum at the
University of Akron due to unsatisfactory grades. He will not return for
his next work term.
completed a 32 week course on maintenance of Photon
typesetting equipment.
B. Anticipated Events for October 1970
1. Pre-acceptance demonstration of. ATID is re-scheduled at
for the last week in October.
2,- Inspection of the 0 Pre_Producti.on model at the manufacturer's
_plant ..is scheduled for 26-29 October.
3. The Test Plan for the 0}iigh?Precision Stereocomparator should
be delivered on 12 October for reviMj
Chief
Engineering Support Division, TSG
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