Hmm. The headline doesn’t say, but this appears to have been the cause for the McCain hold on James Clapper’s nomination to fill the DNI billet. Read this for some more background on the situation.
Archive for the ‘Exquisite Satellites’ Category
McCain’s Spy Satellite Clash Comes to an End
Posted: August 4, 2010 in Clapper, Director of National Intelligence], DNI, Electro-Optical, Exquisite Satellites, Intelligence, James Clapper, McCain0
Billion Dollar Spacecraft? No, Multi-Billion Dollar Spacecraft
Posted: July 28, 2010 in Acquisition, Exquisite Satellites, Lockheed Martin, Spy SatellitesTags: Acquisition
“Lockheed Martin expects a multibillion-dollar production order from the U.S. government in 2012 for a next-generation satellite system,” reports Space News. The order in question–perhaps the two ‘exquisite’ satellites flagged in this post from October 2009?
Wrap It Up: We’ll Take Two Exquisite NRO Satellites
Posted: October 22, 2009 in Electro-Optical, Exquisite Satellites, Intelligence, NROTags: NRO
Space News reports House leader Dutch Ruppersberger thinks House and Senate plans to approve “exquisite” electro-optical imaging capability is likely. That effort would support the White House’s plan and is in conflict with Senators Bond and Feinstein who want a more commercial-based capability. Also dribbling out are a few details for the exquisite system which boost its [...]
