6 October 1997
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[Federal Register: October 6, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 193)]
[Notices]
[Page 52091-52092]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Defense Science Board Task Force on Satellite Reconnaissance

ACTION: Notice of Advisory Committee Meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Defense Science Board Task Force on Satellite
Reconnaissance will meet in closed session on September 29-30, 1997 at
Headquarters NRO, Chantilly, Virginia. In order for the Task Force to
obtain time sensitive classified briefings, critical to the
understanding of the issues, this meeting is scheduled on short notice.
    The mission of the Defense Science Board is to advise the Secretary
of Defense through the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and
Technology on scientific and technical matters as they affect the
perceived needs of the Department of Defense. At this meeting the Task
Force will review the

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operational, technical, industrial, and financial aspects of the
following and recommend a course of action for the Department: the
National Reconnaissance Office's (NRO) is creating a Future Imager
Architecture as a basis for acquiring the next generation of imaging
satellite systems and their associated ground control and processing;
and in parallel, DARPA is advocating the development and demonstration
of a Surveillance and Targeting Light Satellite (Starlite) System with
attributes that may not be included in NRO's architecture.
    In accordance with Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, P.L. No. 92-463, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. II, (1994)), it has
been determined that this DSB Task Force meeting concern matters listed
in 5 U.S.C. Sec. 552b(c) (1) (1994), and that accordingly this meeting
will be closed to the public.

    Dated: September 30, 1997.
L. M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer Department of Defense.
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