CONTRACT(Sanitized)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04770A002800030025-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 2005
• Sequence Number: 25
• Publication Date: February 8, 1966
• Content Type: MFR

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1. In conference 28 January 1966 between
NPIC/P&DS/D/6-
8 February 1966
lof this office, it was agreed that the following would be
the immediate or interim objectives of this project;-,that the long range
objectives would remain as stated in the contract, butAeffort for the current
contract period would be concentrated on attaining the below stated interim
a. A neutral gray
D maximum of 2.0 density and
be nearly uniform across the
flexible film of
4x5
inch
sheet size having
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b. High contrast resolution to be 200 line pairs per mm. L.-
c. Latitude to include at least eleven steps of a twenty-one r
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step gray scaleetablet.
d. Speed or sensitivity of the material to light to be such that
a fully exposed target may be obtained in not more than 30 seconds
with a maximum power of not more than 1100 watts, preferably approaching
the ultra-violet end of kkxx the spectrum.
e. Contrast control should be the equivalent of photographic
gamma of l.0to 2.0
f. Storage - It is desirable that the material have the capability
of one years storage prior to exposure and at least six months storage
after exposure and fixing without undue loss of image.
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g. Fixing time should be as short as possible but not over one minute.
h. The image should suffer no appreciable degradation during normal
methods of use such as in viewers and by projection.
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7 December 1965
1. On 1 December 1965 the undersigned and
history and progress on Project No. 997073 - Non-reversable Color
for the purpose of reviewing the
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Recording Study - Contract
was represented by l
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Contact was also made with
1who did not attend the technical discussions.
2. The terminology (Phase II) used to identify this protion of the
program is a miss-normer, this is really an extention of the applied research
carried out under the previous contract
intended to include the development of an operational product. Much of
the effort under this new contract has been concentrated on increasing the
speed oflxxnxitik?x sensitivity of the material, and it now appears that the
introduction of a chemical chain-reaction may indeed be possible; but, to
date the relative ASA speed is still in the order of 10-2 or 10, with
quantum efficiencies of considerable less than one. It further appears that
the attainment of high densities in this material will only be attained at a
sacrifice in minimum density. There is little or no effort being applied
to the other development objectives, such as density, "gamma" or
resolution because these will be effected by changes in formulation to
obtain an increase in speed or sensitivity. Depending upon the ultimate
use of the developed product this may not be the proper approach.
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3. The existing objectives call for a D maximum of 31.0 and D minimum
of 0.05 and a speed of ASA 0.1. Although the development is far from these
goals it has progressed to the point where it could well be used to meet
some of our rapid access print requirements. This aspect of possible
immediate use of the material through relaxing some of the technical require-
ments was discussed to a considerable degree with
and they indicated they would be happy to visit with us in Washington to
further pursue this approach.
4. Recommendations:
a. A staff conference should be held to review the technical
objectives of this development with the idea in mind that, for some
applications, it may be possible to relax some of the requirements.
If this appears logical a meeting should then be held with
to firm up new criteria to obtain a practical
utilization of this product at the earliest possible time. Perhaps
with long range research for the more difficult apsects continuing
on low priority.
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