18 June 1998
Major General Robert S. Dickman and Mr. Gil Klinger joined the National Reconnaissance Office this month. General Dickman is the new director of the NRO’s Office of Plans and Analysis and the System of Systems Architect and Mr. Klinger is the NRO’s new Director of Policy.
"I am extrememly pleased to announce the addition of General Dickman and Mr. Klinger to the NRO team," said Mr. Keith Hall, director of the NRO. "We are very excited about the wealth of experience that these two individuals bring to this organization."
General Dickman comes to the NRO from the Pentagon where he was the Department of Defense space architect. He has had a varied career in space operations, acquisition and planning, including headquarters assignments at NORAD, U.S. Space Command and Air Force Space Command. In his new position, General Dickman will be responsible for cross-program corporate planning, analysis and architecture development, crafting the concepts for the NRO system of intelligence collectors well into the 21st century.
Mr. Klinger was the Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space before coming to the NRO. He has more than ten years of experience within DoD, including Director for Space and Advanced Technology Strategy; Director for Strategic Forces Policy; and Deputy Director for Targeting, Strategic Forces Policy. As the Director of Policy, Mr. Klinger will formulate policy positions on issues affecting the NRO and coordinate those with the intelligence community and other DoD organizations. Such issues could include commercial and international remote sensing, imagery declassification and spacecraft survivability and protection.