NRO Chief Crafting Road Map To Spur Spending

By Amy Butler

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — U.S. National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Director Bruce Carlson says he plans to submit a research and technology investment road map with his Fiscal 2012 budget plan, and he hopes this will kick off increased spending in this area.

Carlson says that 50%-60% of the technology now on satellites that are soon to launch came from those research coffers ...

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