The NRO designs, builds and operates the nation's
reconnaissance satellites.
NRO products, provided to an expanding list of
customers like the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), can
warn of potential trouble spots around the world,
help plan military operations, and monitor the
environment.
As part of the 16-member Intelligence
Community, the NRO plays a primary role in
achieving information superiority for the
U. S.
Government and Armed Forces.
A DoD agency, the NRO is staffed by DoD and CIA
personnel. It is funded through the National Reconnaissance
Program, part of the National Foreign Intelligence
Program.
Our Vision:
Freedom's
Sentinel in Space: One Team, Revolutionizing Global
Reconnaissance.
Our Mission:
The NRO is a joint organization engaged in the research and development, acquisition, launch and operation of overhead reconnaissance systems necessary to meet the needs of the Intelligence
Community and of the Department of Defense. The NRO conducts other activities as directed by the Secretary of Defense and/or the Director of National
Intelligence.
In recent years, the NRO has implemented a series
of actions declassifying some of its operations.
The organization was declassified in September
1992 followed by the location of its headquarters
in Chantilly, VA, in 1994. In February 1995, CORONA,
a photoreconnaissance program in operation from
1960 to 1972, was declassified and 800,000 CORONA
images were transferred to the National
Archives and Records Administration. In December
1996, the NRO announced for the first time, in
advance, the launch
of a reconnaissance satellite.
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