FUNDING REQUEST FOR THE CONCEPT FORMULATION PHASE OF AN ADVANCED AERODYNAMICS RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM UNDER THE FY-69 GENERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (AIRCRAFT) BUDGET

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 17, 2004
• Sequence Number: 15
• Publication Date: November 6, 1968
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MEMORANDUM FOR: Comptroller, OSA
SUBJECT : Funding Request for the Concept Formulation
Phase of an Advanced Aerodynamics Reconnaissance
System under the FY-69 General Research and
Development (Aircraft) Budget
REFERENCE : (a) I FY-1969 Budget
Issue No. 9, Advanced Aircraft
1. This memorandum is a request for authorization
for the expenditure of to pursue the Concept
Formulation Phase of an Auvance'd Aerodynamic Reconnaissance
System. This is a new FY-69 effort and is appropriate to
the General Research and Development (Aircraft) program.
2. The program, as discussed in detail in Attachment I,
is to explore various methods of achieving a survivable
quick reaction reconnaissance capability (manned or unmanned).
The primary objective would be to survive in the lethal
envelopes of projected Sovbloc and other defensive environ-
ments through the 1975 - 1980 period. In formulation of an
approach to this program, attention is directed to reference
(a) wherein it is pointed out that the decision to phase-out
the OXCART vehicle and the decision to discontinue work on
the ISINGLASS concept represented a trend away from continuing
maintenance of a high-performance covert manned overflight
capability in the NRP. Reference (a) further notes that
the cost and effectiveness of alternative vehicle concepts
must be examined; for example, should the vehicle be manned
or unmanned and in each case what type of launch operation,
propulsion, recovery, etc. offers the most promise. These
questions are addressed in, the elements of the task.
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3. It is requested that funds in the amount of
be allocated to CIA, for use in FY-69, for the concep
formulation phase of an Advanced Aerodynamic Reconnaissance
System, under the General Research and Development (Aircraft.)
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Research and Development
Special Activities
Attachment:
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PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
I. TITLE Concept Formulation Phase of an Advanced
Aerodynamic Reconnaissance System
REFERENCE Idtd 5 Sept 1967, "Funding;
Request for Certain FY-68 General R&D
(Aircraft) Activities"
II. OBJECTIVE To explore various methods of achieving
a survivable quick-reaction reconnaissance
capability. Primary objective would be
to survive in the lethal envelopes of
projected Sovbloc and other defensive
environments through the 1975 - 1980 period.
Elements of the task encompass items
3 and 4 of the referenced memorandum.
III. BACKGROUND In anticipation of approval for this
study, the Office of Scientific Intelligence
(OSI) was requested to provide their
most realistic estimate of the Soviet
Bloc and the non-Soviet Bloc defensive
environments for the 1975 - 1980 period.
A summary of the results of the OSI effort
are presented in Exhibit (A). These
results in Exhibit (A) together with the
quick reaction capability as stipulated
by USIB for the indications satellite,
Exhibit (B), are used to establish an
approach to the problem.
IV. APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM
Survivability would be considered as
two distinct environments, i.e., Soviet
Bloc and non-Soviet Bloc. Exhibit (C)
identifies how each of these two en-
vironments would be investigated. Since
a "wait and see" approach is recommended
for the non-Soviet Bloc environment, the
effort for FY-69 reduces to concentrating
only on the Soviet Bloc task. This task
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