For information on the Naval-NRO Coordination Group, see http://enterprise.spawar.navy.mil/pd14/nncg/index.htm [not found 2/2/07]. From "Overview": "The Naval-NRO Coordination Group (NNCG) was chartered in December 1999 by the Director of the NRO ... and the[] Under Secretary of the Navy ... to serve as the prime interface between NRO and Naval staffs, and Naval operational, warfare development and systems commands. The purpose of the NNCG is to ensure that Naval planning decisions are made with full awareness of reconnaissance capabilities under development by the NRO, and conversely, to ensure that the NRO is kept informed of evolving Naval warfighting capabilities and tactical support needs."
Burks, A. Roy. "Three Decades with the NRO." In Beyond Expectations -- Building an American National Reconnaissance Capability: Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance, ed. Robert A. McDonald, 173-183. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2002.
Haines, Gerald K. The National Reconnaissance Office: Its Origins, Creation and Early Years. Washington, DC: National Reconnaissance Office, 1997.
This is an institutional history with accompanying documentation.
Hall, R. Cargill. The Air Force and the National Security Space Program, 1946-1988. Washington, DC: USAF Historical Research Center, 1988.
Laurie, Clayton D. Congress and the National Reconnaissance Office. Chamtilly, VA: National Reconnaissance History Office, 2001.
McDonald, Robert A., ed. Beyond Expectations -- Building an American National Reconnaissance Capability: Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2002.
According to Peake, Studies 48.4 (2004), this work brings together the oral histories of individuals identified as Pioneers and Founders for the 40th anniversary of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) in 2000. Bob Kohler's contribution "is a masterpiece of little details describing monstrous technical and bureaucratic problems during the time when the CIA still played a major role in NRO imagery intelligence. It conveys the sense of the human and technical problems of the day with lessons that those now on duty would do well to remember." This is "a valuable history, well worth the attention of intelligence officers of all stripes."
Oder, Frederic C.E., James C. Fitzpatrrick, and Paul E. Worthman. The Corona Story. Washington, DC: NRO, 1987.
Richelson, Jeffrey T. "Restructuring the NRO: From the Cold War's End to the 21st Century." International Journal of Intelligence and
Counterintelligence 15, no. 4 (Winter 2002-2003): 496-539.
"[B]etween 1962 and 1988, the internal structure of the NRO remained remarkably stable." Since 1989, however, there have been multiple reviews of the NRO, and '[s]ignificant organizational changes have followed review group recommendations."
Wilhelm, Peter G. "Cutting Edge Work at the Naval Research Laboratory." In Beyond Expectations -- Building an American National Reconnaissance Capability: Recollections of the Pioneers and Founders of National Reconnaissance, ed. Robert A. McDonald, 155-161. Bethesda, MD: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 2002.
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