All verified mentions of this organization in source documents.
The CIA began declassifying millions of pages of documents on Cold War operations, including an official history of the U-2 program and Venona communications interceptions in coordination with the National Security Agency.
The CIA created the CREST declassification program that released millions of pages of documents before the program was curtailed in the early 2000s.
In the early 1970s the Air Force began development of the Satellite Data System (SDS) communications relay satellite with the CIA responsible for the relay payload.
An internal CIA memo indicated disagreements over the range estimates of the Backfire led to public attention and concern.
The CIA's estimate of the Backfire's range was derived from the latest intelligence and marked lower than previous assessments.
The CIA and State Department calculated the Backfire's range as 3,525 to 4,150 nautical miles (6,528 to 7,686 kilometers).
The CIA and military analysts clashed over whether the Backfire was a tactical or strategic bomber, affecting arms limitation treaty considerations.
CIA analysts received intelligence in the early 1980s about a modified Il-76 aircraft equipped with a laser to shoot down American spy balloons.
Instituciones asociadas que participaron en el lanzamiento incluyen el Instituto de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas para la Defensa (Citedef), la Comisión de Investigaciones Aeroespaciales (CIA), el Centro de Investigaciones Técnicas de la Aeronáutica (Citea), Fabricaciones Militares (FM) y AMRIV.
The CIA tentatively approved the development of the new camera named MURAL for the upgraded KH-3 satellite.
The CIA believed the Ogonek photograph was taken at Launch Area D-1 of the Tyuratam Missile Test Center, known in the Soviet Union as Baikonur.
The CIA correlated the satellite imagery with a photograph of an SS-7 launch published by the Soviet magazine Ogonek in June 1965.
In July 1959, CIA Deputy Director for Plans Richard M. Bissell, Jr. wrote a memo regarding self-destruct devices on CORONA reconnaissance satellite reentry vehicles.
By late 1980, the CIA estimated that 17 ships of eight different classes of major surface combatants were under construction or outfitting at Soviet naval shipyards.
The ZOSTER study was initiated by the CIA in July 1964 to investigate near-real-time technologies.
The CIA's Office of Special Activities reported in June 1964 on the desirability of a near-real-time satellite.
The CIA's Office of Special Projects was renamed Office of Development and Engineering in April 1973.
The CIA founded the Development Projects Division, which was renamed the Office of Special Activities in 1962.
An internal CIA study in November 1963 concluded that timely intelligence collection was critical.
The CIA officials involved with SDS development aimed to maintain the primary intelligence relay mission without secondary payloads.