HIGH PRECISION STEREO COMPARATOR PROGRAM (PROJECT 11038)

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Sequence Number: 177
• Publication Date: November 18, 1969
• Content Type: MFR

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NPIC/TSSG/RED-1930-69
18 November 1969
SUBJECT: High Precision Stereo Comparator Program (Project 11038)
I the General Manager of 25X1
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telephoned the technical monitor on 17 November 1969 and passed
on e following information.
2. on 13 and
14 November in regard to latest request to postpone the acceptance
tests on the correlation sys em until 19 December 1969.
3. A thorough design review was accomplished during the visit and
thepeople put the correlator through a series of exercises.
4. The correlator worked beyond expectations on most test imagery
but some difficulty was encountered in deserts, orchards, and other
limited areas.
5. suggested that the specifications be relaxed and recom-
mended an acceptance test plan be adopted to refletthis change in
specifications. 0 rejected this proposal.
6. I Istated that they have reached a plateau in the development
of the correlator and that any further refinement would be more expen-
sive than = cared to incur on this fixed price contract. I uinformed
that the required improvements will have to be financed by
7. Ilill submit a test plan to this week. = is to
respond and negotiate on the plan with within two weeks,
8. ersonal opinion is that =had reached a plateau
in the development of the correlator, did not want to put in =money,
and hoped by delaying to pin = against the wall where would be
willing to pay to have the system completed. was under the impression
that t-ie Stereo Comparator was to be installed in Iin
January 1970.
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by NIMA/DOD
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9. 0 feels that the s ecifications levied on were too
stringent in some cases. Twill review the problem during the next
few weeks and will agree to minor amendments to the specifications if
operation of the correlator is not hampered.
are very optomistic after playing with the
correlator. They feel that I1as developed a good correlation unit.
11. It will take several weeks to isolate the unpredictable
cross talk problem and make the improvements recommended by
II
12. eels that have reached an understanding
and that ill have the correlation system ready foreacceptance
tests in early January 1970.
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