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NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE
National Reconnaissance Office
Official Homepage
DoD Directive 5105.23
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), June 28, 2011, updated October 29, 2015
Budget Documents
FY 2014 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released November 2013)
FY 2013 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released December 2012)
FY 2012 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released August 2012)
FY 2011 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released May 2011)
FY 2010 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released June 2010)
FY 2009 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released July 2009)
FY 2007 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version) (released July 2009)
Other Resources
Spies in Space: Reflections on National Reconnaissance and the Manned Orbiting Laboratory
by Courtney V.K. Homer, Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance, May 2019
Special Review of the NRO Polygraph Program
, NRO Office of Inspector General, 31 March 2014
HEXAGON and GAMBIT Declassification Initiative
, memorandum from NRO director Keith R. Hall, 7 March 1997 (courtesy of Jeffrey Richelson)
NRO Mission Ground Station Declassification "Questions and Answers"
, 15 October 2008
National Reconnaissance Program: FY 2008-2009 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version)
National Reconnaissance Office Review and Redaction Guide For Automatic Declassification Of 25-Year-Old Information
, 2008 Edition
Open Source Reporting on NRO Mission Patches
, memo from the NRO Director, January 29, 2008
Out of the Black: The Declassification of the NRO
by Jeffrey T. Richelson, National Security Archive, September 18, 2008
National Reconnaissance Office Accomplishments
, July 2008
NRO Review and Redaction Guide for Automatic Declassification of 25-Year-Old Information
, 2006 Edition
FY 2006 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version)
National Reconnaissance: Journal of the Discipline and Practice
, second unclassified issue, 2009-2010
National Reconnaissance: Journal of the Discipline and Practice
, first unclassified issue, 2005
POPPY Program Fact Sheet
, declassified September 12, 2005
Selected NRO Directives
NRO Budget: FY 1998-1999 Congressional Budget Justification (Redacted Version)
Quality Control Review of the NRO Office of Inspector General
by the DoD Inspector General, June 2004
NRO Working Launch Manifest 2003-2006
, as of 24 March 2003 (excerpted from NRO Office of Space Launch
Program Overview for California Space Authority
)
A Critical View of the National Reconnaissance Office
by Dave Thompson, President & CEO, Spectrum Astro, at the 18th National Space Symposium, April 11, 2002.
CSNR Bulletin
, first issue of the newsletter of the NRO Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance, Number 2001-1 (3.2 MB PDF file)
Pentagon Briefing on Space Transformation
with Under Secretary of the Air Force and NRO Director Peter Teets, February 7, 2002
Report of the National Commission for the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office
, November 15, 2000
Remarks to the National Network of Electro-Optical Manufacturing Technologies Conference
-- 9 February 1998 -- Keith Hall Director of the National Reconnaissance Office
SAFSP Alumni Holiday Party
-- Presented By Keith R. Hall, Director, National Reconnaissance Office 6 December 1997
Mr. Keith Hall Interview with Aerospace Reporters
30 April 1997
D/NRO Jeffrey Harris on Military Space
, 6 April 1995
Defining the Future of the NRO for the 21st Century
[
The Jeremiah Report
] 26 AUGUST 1996
Small Satellite Review Panel
- 28 June 1996.
NRO Declassification Announced
, DoD news release, September 18, 1992. "There is a National Reconnaissance Office...."
Final Report of NRO Director Hans Mark
, memo for the Secretary of Defense and the DCI, October 5, 1979
NRO Memo on Declassifying the "Fact of" Satellite Reconnaissance
, memo for the deputy DCI, 8 September 1978
Avoidance of Coorbital Intercept
(Redacted), March 1971
Real Time Readout: Memo from Comirex to the DCI (1969)
on a real-time readout satellite reconnaissance system, 17 Feb 1969
Agreement for Reorganization of the National Reconnaissance Program
, 11 August 1965
Wheelon Meeting with Land
"on what new satellite system the Govt should pursue," 16 February 1965
Duties of the NRO Deputy Director (1963)
, memo for the director
Proposed Changes in the Operation and Organization of the National Reconnaissance Office
, memorandum for the CIA deputy director (research), 11 January 1963
Report of a Special Panel on Satellite Reconnaissance
, Office of the Special Assistant to the President for Science & Technology, 25 August 1960
Intelligence Requirements for Satellite Reconnaissance Systems of which SAMOS is an Example
, memorandum for the US Intelligence Board, 5 July 1960
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