The National Reconnaissance Office is expecting to increase by fourfold the number of satellites on orbit "within the next decade" for commercial and national purposes, an NRO senior official said this morning. “These satellites will deliver over 10 times as many signals and images that we're collecting today,” Maj. Gen. Christopher Povak, NRO deputy director, said at a Mitchell Institute Forum. By proliferating and diversifying the architecture, Povak explained NRO would have access to “increased coverage, greater capacity and resilience...
