US Intelligence Seeks Industry Partners to Outpace Adversaries

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), tasked with overseeing U.S. spy satellites, is ramping up collaboration with private industry to bolster its intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. Speaking at the Space Symposium on April 14, William Adkins, the NRO’s principal deputy director, emphasized the agency’s open-door approach to partnerships, urging contributions from government entities, private firms, academic institutions, allies, and other collaborators. "The q