RECOMMENDATION FOR THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE MERITORIOUS UNIT CITATIN

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• Publication Date: July 11, 1985
• Content Type: MEMO

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11 July 1985
MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. Robert W. Magee
Chairman, Intelligence Community Awards Review Panel
Director, Intelligence Community Staff
SUBJECT: Recommendation for the National Intelligence
Meritorious Unit Citation
1. Nominee: Future SIGINT Capabilities Study Group.
2. Time period to which the proposed award is applicable: December 1983
through April 1985.
3. On behalf of the National Foreign Intelligence Community, I am pleased
to recommend that the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation be
awarded to the Future SIGINT Capabilities Study (FSCS) Group. This
recommendation is in recognition of the outstanding achievements of all who
participated in producing a comprehensive report which is the blueprint for
the United States SIGINT System (USSS) through the year 2000. Their
accomplishments in producing a study recommendation for a viable SIGINT system
in the face of expanding technology and explosive costs is meritorious. This
FSCS report resulted from a herculean effort by the FSCS group and will
provide significant benefits to the DCI and Program Managers through the turn
of the century. The report provides a valuable guideline for an investment
strategy that will help ensure that the USSS will remain viable. (C)
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4. These study results are of inestimable value to Intelligence Community
planners. Long term planning and programming of SIGINT resources will now
benefit from a fully coordinated planning document which reflects the
requirements of every member of the Intelligence Community. We now know that
future development and disposition of SIG NT assets will fall within stringent
cost constraints, will meet the challenge 25X1
environment, and most importantly, will satisfy t most pressing national
requirements. (C)
5. I commissioned the FSCS in December 1983 to develop and evaluate a
proposed SIGINT system for the years 1990 and 2000. The Study was under the 25X1
purview of the Chairman, SIGINT Committee, who along with the Director,
National Security Agency, provided a full-time core study staff. The proposed
6. The Phase I staff projected future requirements to be levied on the
system, described the composition of the system in terms of capabilities,
capacities, and expected signals to be targeted, assessed the effect of SIGINT
technology, and projected the impact of all of the above on SIGINT production
through the five phases of conflict,
nuclear war, and general nuclear war.
The accomplishment of this task
required an examination of the entire target environment and considerable
technical skill was brought to bear on the problem. To define and organize
the tasks required not only the application of in-depth technical analytic
techniques and talent but also considerable management acumen. Each
sub-group's efforts had to complement the other's to ensure coherency in the
end result--an effort that was successful but no small feat. (C)
7. Those involved in Phase II produced a SIGINT system architecture for
each phase of the SIGINT cycle; i.e., collection, processing, analysis,
reporting, and dissemination. In addition, they produced a SIGINT system
architecture for support to military operations and communications supporting
SIGINT operations.
The proposed architectures are practical anfeasible and their
implementation is essential to the continued success of the USSS. (C)
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8. The outstanding level of cooperation demonstrated by all FSCS group
participants is deserving of special recognition. Such dedication at every
level and across such a wide segment of the Intelligence Community clearly
shows the resolve of Intelligence Community professionals to serve our nation
well. The endeavor represented a significant departure from the past in both
magnitude, scope, and level of cooperative involvement. (U)
9. Participants included management, staff, and operations personnel
representing the National Security Agency, Central Intelligence Agency,
Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of State, Office of the Secretary of
the Air Force (Space Systems), Intelligence Producers Council. Organization of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Defense Communications Agency,
Intelligence Community Staff, the Assistant Secretary of Defense tor
C I the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, the Military
Services, and contractors and consultants. (C)
10. The meritorious performance and outstanding level of Community
cooperation reflect the highest credit upon each FSCS group member, the
management of participating organizations, and the National Foreign
Intelligence Community. The participants should be proud of their individual
contributions to the vitality of, the future US SIGINT System. (U)
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SUBJECT: Recommendation for the National Intelligence Meritorious
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CITATION
Future SIGINT Capabilities Study Group
National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation
Participants in the Future SIGINT Capabilities Study Group, both
individually and collectively, contributed immeasurably to the future quality
and quantity of intelligence information to be contributed to the national
intelligence effort by the United States SIGINT System. This study, which
will be the guiding requirement for many billions of dollars to be invested in
the SIGINT System, was the product of an unparalleled effort by over three
hundred personnel representing fifteen different elements of the Intelligence
Community. The cohesiveness, cooperation, and expertise demonstrated by all
participants in the study constituted a model of Intelligence Community effort
in the face of major challenges.
The Future SIGINT Capabilities Study, in guiding the SIGINT System's
transition to new technologies and requirements of the next century, will
stand for many years as the keystone document for complex decisionmaking
involving major operations and investments. As such, it will be critical not
only to the success of the SIGINT System, but also, by extension, to the
success of the critical intelligence efforts required to support United States
national interests and strategies in a turbulent, stressed, and time- and
resource-constrained world. All participants in the Study may be justifiably
proud of their individual and collective contributions to this crucial
Intelligence Community enterprise.
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