INTRODUCTORY NOTES FOR BOB PRESENTATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 19, 2006
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• Publication Date: September 9, 1999
• Content Type: REPORT

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Introductory Notes
for
BOB Presentation
The mission of the Office of Research and Development is to
support and enhance the intelligence capability of the Agency by the
prosecution of all appropriate basic and applied research and
development, and in that connection let me state that the great
majority of such R&D is applied; that is, it is problem oriented.
So-called basic or fundamental research occurs only when long-range
planning indicates a deficiency of knowledge in a particularly significant
area which must be solved.
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The programs you will see and -4 g~otx ire d ~
reading on are responsive in general to a variety of requirements.
These requirements are generated by other offices of the D:D/S&T,
by other organizational elements of the Agency such as TSD, Office
of Security, Office of Communications, Medical Staff, and so forth.
In addition, there are established requirements for information on
missiles, atomic energy, BW and CW, etc., which are well documented
in numerous Agency publications. Further, the President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board and the Director's Science Advisory
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Board, with its sub-panels in Optics and Life Sciences, indicate
gaps, approaches, and specific areas where R&D is required. And
last but not least, is a continuing analysis within DD/S&T and ORD
of specific problems and problem areas and ideas that may
effectively and efficiently contribute solutions to intelligence
collection problems.
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Because of our proximity to and ease of communication with
other offices in the Agency, the procedure for operation and
programming of R&D is rather efficient and on a continuous basis.
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Furthermore, coordination with the Agency can be made rapidly so
that the progress and effectiveness of the R&D is not slowed by
transit time for communication.
In addition to the formal mechanisms of coordination and review
Scientific Advisory Board and the Programs Staff of the DD/ S& T,
we also operate several more informal panels dealing with audio
countermeasures and DD/P requirements. In addition, we are
such as the Research & Development Review Board,
continually in close contact with ARPA,
ACDA., ONR, NIH,
AEC, DIA, DOD, NASA, NSA, NBS, NORAD, and many others. I
might mention also that we have periodic get-togethers with our
in the progress of scientific aids to intelligence
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In these contacts we are seeking to utilize the results they
have achieved in past programs which can be applied to existing
intelligence requirements, and on the other hand, they are seeking
from us the utilization of our technology and specialized equipment
which may exceed the state of the art to further their own requirements.
We also have several joint programs with such agencies, for
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During the past year, which was essentially the first complete
fiscal year of operations, efforts were continued in recruitment of
highly qualified scientific and technical personnel. As of now, the
technical staff consists of PhDs, =Masters' degrees, and =
Bachelors' degrees, and before the end of this fiscal year we expect
to reach our interim ceiling of personnel, which is =sh.ort of the
initial planning for the Office.
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During this year also, the Office, for a young office;, has
made many substantive and valuable contributions to science and
technology and the craft of intelligence. Among these are a complete
review of the fundamental problems occurring in satellite recon-
naissance and in improving and validating the polygraph. We also
provided some of the initial detailed scientific evaluation of the
oncept. We also developed the basic
program, about which you will hear more. Its initial research in
IR cameras appears now to be coming into the real pay-off region.
There are many others, and I will shortly discuss a few of them
with you in more detail.
parametric concepts of the
feasibility of the
A summary of our plan for this afternoon is to present a fiscal
summary of the Office to briefly refresh your memory and then to
proceed to the functional breakdowns of the Office; next, to present
a systems analysis approach to collection systems, which gives a
little bit different perspective of the functional organization of
research and development as contrasted to the normal plumbing
diagram. Following this, we would like to give you a thumbnail
discussion of several programs in the Physical and Life Sciences
which are pertinent and topical. Following that, we hope to turn
the meeting over to you, so to speak, so that proper time may be
allowed for items of particular interest to you. ,And further, although
we wish the presentation to be somewhat organized, questions are
invited at any time. j: nn __T
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