The U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense and a member of the United States Intelligence Community that designs, builds, launches, and operates reconnaissance satellites for the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence, including signals intelligence (SIGINT), imagery intelligence (IMINT), and measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), to various government agencies like the NSA, NGA, and DIA. The NRO partners with organizations such as the U.S. Space Force, Northrop Grumman, and SpaceX, and its activities include developing advanced satellite technology and launching assets into orbit. Keywords associated with the NRO include: reconnaissance satellites, intelligence, national security, and space-based surveillance.
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Betty Sapp has been the director of the National Reconnaissance Office since 2012.
The White House nominated Chris Scolese on 2019-02-07 to be the next director of the National Reconnaissance Office.
SpaceX launched the National Reconnaissance Office’s classified NROL-76 satellite in 2017.
SpaceX launched the Air Force’s X-37B spaceplane and a classified National Reconnaissance Office payload in 2017.
The Aerospace Corporation is a nonprofit federally funded think tank that provides technical advice to the U.S. Air Force and the National Reconnaissance Office on military space programs.
DigitalGlobe secured a $900,000,000 contract extension from the National Reconnaissance Office to provide commercial imagery until August 2023.
The National Reconnaissance Office in September assumed responsibility for the EnhancedView contract that used to be managed by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
DigitalGlobe will support the National Reconnaissance Office with the WorldView-1, WorldView-2, and WorldView-3 satellites as long as they continue to perform.
The National Reconnaissance Office signed a separate contract for an undisclosed amount to fund a DigitalGlobe cloud computing infrastructure upgrade to ease data sharing between DigitalGlobe and the U.S. government.
Over 29 years, the Delta 2 launched 155 missions for the U.S. Air Force, NASA, the National Reconnaissance Office, and commercial customers.
WFIRST can take advantage of donated hardware including a 2.4-meter telescope assembly offered by the National Reconnaissance Office.
The Air Force is collaborating with NASA and the National Reconnaissance Office.
Pawlikowski has spent eight of the past ten years in the Air Force overseeing space programs as vice commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center, and in senior roles at the National Reconnaissance Office and the Air Force Research Laboratory.
DigitalGlobe works with both NGA and NRO and intends to continue serving the U.S. government.