A Department of Defense agency tasked to ensure that the United States has the technology and spaceborne and airborne assets needed to acquire intelligence worldwide, including support to such functions as monitoring of arms control agreements, indications and warning, and the planning and conducting of military operations. This mission is accomplished through research and development, acquisition, and operation of spaceborne and airborne intelligence data collection systems. Also called NRO. (JP 2-0)
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE
Meaning of NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE in English
DOD English dictionary of military terms. Английский словарь военных терминов DOD. 2012