Oct. 7, 2021
NRO Director announces new commercial acquisition opportunity at GEOINT Symposium
ST. LOUIS, Mo — The annual United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) symposium kicked off Tuesday, Oct. 5 in St. Louis, Mo. The four-day event is the largest annual gathering of GEOINT professionals across the United States. This year’s theme is Discovery and Connections, and will focus on “examining the exponential
Sept. 23, 2021
NRO Celebrates 60 years
CHANTILLY, Va. — The NRO celebrated its 60th anniversary on Monday, Sept. 6. Throughout the year, the NRO has been highlighting declassified artifacts and historical events on social media and has been using 60th anniversary branding around its facilities and presentations. On the anniversary, the Center for the Study of National Reconnaissance (CSNR) sat down with
Sept. 10, 2021
NRO remembers 9/11
CHANTILLY, Va. — This year marks 20 years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks where 2,977 innocent lives were lost far too soon. On Friday, Sept. 10, NRO members participated in a morning memorial run, followed by an internal ceremony for our workforce. NRO honored the victims, to include Col. Charles E. Jones, Chandler R. Keller and Ruben S. Ornedo, all of whom had
Sept. 9, 2021
Director Scolese sits down with JJ Green from WTOP News
CHANTILLY, Va. — Director Scolese recently sat down with WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green for his podcast “Target USA.” Released yesterday, Dr. Scolese's interview is the first current discussion between one of the 18 Intelligence Community leaders and Mr. Green. The conversation spans NRO's 60 year history and is available here.Diving right in, Green
June 25, 2021
NRO welcomes 2021 summer interns
CHANTILLY, Va. — On June 7, interns from universities across the U.S. arrived at NRO headquarters to participate in NRO's second summer internship program. Last summer was the inaugural launch of the program, and it has expanded to more than five times the number of interns participating this year.For 10 weeks from June 7-Aug. 13, undergraduate and graduate