PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF U-2R AIRPLANE PROPOSAL

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2002
• Sequence Number: 33
• Publication Date: January 20, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of ELINT, DD/S&T
Director of Scientific Intelligence, DD/S&T
Director of Research and Development, DD/S&T
SUBJECT : Preliminary Evaluation of U-2R
Airplane Proposal
REFERENCE : Lockheed Aircraft Corporation Report
No. SP-93?, 2? December 1965,
Proposal for U-2R Airplane
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I. Subject proposal was received 18 January 1966 and
deals with an expanded version of the U-2 aircraft with
substantially increased altitude, range and payload/sensor
flexibility. !
2. The DD/S&T has requested that a preliminary evalua-
tion be made of the proposal in the very near future. I an
requesting that you and appropriate members of your staff
review the proposal (attached hereto) and prepare written
comments covering your areas of interest especially in terms
en. ial sensor/collection systems
recommended changes. I ask that your comments suDm e
to me on 27 January 1966. I realize that this timing
necessitates the use of estimates based upon experience and
tools at hand and, therefore, your comments will be inter-
preted in the framework of a preliminary evaluation.
3. In order that I may provide as such help as possible
in formulating your comments, I request you or your repre-
sentative attend a meeting in the Control Center of OSA on
24 January 1966 at 1100 hours.
SIGNER
JACK C. LEDFORD
Brigadier General, USAF
Director of Special Activities
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