(SANITIZED) CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00739R000300010006-3
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• Document Page Count: 6
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 8, 2006
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 30, 1970
• Content Type: MFR

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I. 28 Januar 1970 - Dr. Steininger Briefing. Messrs.
Chapman, briefed Dr. Steininger on current
thinking with respect to Mission II; he reacted favorably,
outlined SRC reconnaissance requirements and recommended a
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2. 12 February 1970 - Mr.. Duck
briefed Mr. Duckett on bot. Missions I
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a. He was interested in the fundamental concept
involving both missions.
b, Ile was. sufficiently interested to give a tentative
go-ahead on soliciting proposals, assuming that internal
sources (par.ticular].y OSA and OSP) had made all available
contributions .
c. He felt a general Agency interest was passible and
that funding should be investigated.
d. He recommended a study of cost effectiveness
trade-offs on increased resolution vs. recoverable carnera
payload.
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Mission I and Mission II concepts, evoking a positive response.
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reacted favorably to providing personnel on a joint
r m s -ucy basis.
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4. 13 1' ebr nary 1970 - OSA Briefing.
briefed OSA ersonnel headed by nc inc a ing
on Mis s ions I an II. General
oss was ou o ~ ie ci y a e ~~.me. Considerable interest was ex-
pressed in the possibility of: a joint program.
5.. 18 February 1970 -Trip t_o roduced updated
viewgraphs for a briefing on the systems concept. They were in-
formed that there was general interest in the pr. ogram but that they
would not be asked to mace any further contributions until a formal
work statement and RFP had been pr epared and submitted to them.
briefed the rogr. am per. sounel. on the curr. ent
6. 19 Februar 1970
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status of tlic projec ey were ~.n o7~~ned that a work statement a.nd
RFP would be prepared and submitted to them if they were interested
in participating. The program ersonnel. tivere interested? however,
management, in the form of
felt
the did riot have the proposa money o seen in compe -x -ion with
and others. Consequently, they wished to be considered in a
no-bid position unless CIA were to make a request for further.
participation based on the national interest, preferably this to be
made by Mr. Duckett.
Note: subs equentl.y telephone and
commented they tivould like to see any RFP on this program and
reconsider bidding it.
7. 20 February 1970 - Visit t This visit
had been set u via Vice-President of Advanced Systems and ~'echnology,
~.nc uc zng
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were ~iven a briefing on the project to date including excerpts from
the study final report. They tiverc very much interested in the
concep , oth Missions I and II, cliscussed the concept thoroughly,
and expressed strong interest in participating, p~ovi.ding they had time
to .become competitive with the other companies.
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8. 27 February 1970 - llr. Steininger Briefing.
briefed Dr. Steininger on the latest status o
including the results of tl.~e trip to
He provided the following guidelines, based on the status of the project
and Mr. Ihlckett's suggestions.
a. Mr. Duckett had mentioned the program to
and recommended that a br. iefing be prepared
.on Mission II utilizing the internal resources of OSP and
OSA in critical ar. eas.
b. Particular attention should be given to the
operational scenario, camera possi,biliti.es, reentry
vehicle problems and overall system analysis.
9. 2 1Vlarch 1970 -General Ross Briefing.
briefed Gen. Fi,oss o He a eared very interested
an nominated to participate in the
joint exercise.
10. 4 March 1970 - hirst OP D, OSP, OSA Joint Meeting. A
target date of two weeks for a dry run of the briefing was seta The
overall concept was reviewed and general work assignments made.
lI. 13 March 1970 -Joint Meeting. had been invited to
answer key systems problems. At this time they proposed the use of
the Teledyne inertial navigation system, thus replacing the AI'tiPA
ground tracking station. As a result of this session, the joint workin
group became thoroughly familiar with the systems concept and
was prepared to update its briefing mater. ial for the upcoming briefing.
12. 18 March 1970 _-_Joint Meeting. The joint grou convened at
0900 hours and reviewed the system concepts to date.
informed the rou that five camera concepts had been submitted b
hick appeared to fit program goals.
felt pretty satisfied with the reentry vehicle and recovery
aspec s of. the problem.
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13. 19 March 1970 anel Briefi~
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o er ,. a vanced systems concep ~s. The riefing
which covered both Missions I and II was we . recezve .
14. 23 March 1970 -Joint _Meeting. The joint working group
met for a final review of the scheduled Duckett bri.efin It w~.s
agreed thy. ould give an introduction; would
present the s stems concept; OSA, t e + - capa ~ility;
an OS P, the mxss~.on scenario, camera and reentry
vehicle approaches and a system review from the OSP standpoint.
15. 3 April 1970 - Briefin of Dr. Robert Naka. Dr. Naka was
briefed by Messrs. Chapman on four of the ORD
advanced systems concepts, inclu in. Dr. Naks. was
interested in Mission II, but likewise appeare very much interested
in Mission I since the NRO had in the past expressed the need for
such capability to the Air Force. Mission I will, therefore, be
incorporated into the NRO briefing although, of course, Mission II
will be given primary emphasis.
16. 15 April 1970 - DD/S&T Briefing. The joint working group
presented the briefing outlined in paragraph 15 above- to Mr. Duckett
and Dr. Steininger. Mr. Duckett felt the briefing was generally in
goad shape for a briefing of the NRO. IIe recommended that additional
data was needed on the means by which the launch vehicle would be
accurately released, particularly during buffeting_ of the aircraft.
He suggested a number of changes iri'the~-briefing viewgraphs and
suggested that Dr. McLucas be approached on a rather low-key
basis whereby he would be invited to select the nature of the program
and the means and level of funding.
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17. Week of 18 May 1970 - NRO Briefing. Dr. Steininger
informed the joint worlci.ng gro~ up that the wee of 18 May 1970
has tentatively been selected for the NP~O briefing.
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