The effects of any budget/program decisions made since the information was collected during 1997-98 are NOT reflected in the National Security Space Road Map (NSSRM).

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(U) Defense Dissemination System (DDS)

Description (U):

(U) The Defense Dissemination System (DDS) sends digital imagery to SIOP tasked unified and strategic commands and multiservice tactical users. The Processing Segment accepts imagery data, compresses it, sorts it on a user selected basis, encrypts it and transmits the data via the Transmission Segment. The Transmission Segment relays imagery and process control data over terrestrial and satellite (DSCS and COMSAT) communications. The Receive Segment expands the compressed imagery, archives it, records it on film, and sends it to a soft copy system.

User Impact (U):

(U) To provide warfighters deployed world-wide with near real-time access to, and electronic dissemination of imagery and support data. Image data is near-original quality target-oriented imagery to warfighters in near-real-time based on user provided requests and priorities.

Programmatics (U):

(U) Operational.

• (U) NIMA.

Images (U):

(U) None.

Related Initiatives (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
DSCS III	Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) III
DSCS Service Life Enhance Prog	Defense Satellite Communications System (DSCS) Service Life Enhancement Program (SLEP)

Related Requirements (U): None.

Related Categories (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
INTEL SURV AND RECCE ACTIVITIES	Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)

Road Map Placements (U):

This Table Is Unclassified.

Name	Title
ISR	SPACE FORCE ENHANCEMENT: INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE AND RECONNAISSANCE

Requirements, Funding and Additional Hotlinks (U):

(U) None.

Lead Office (U):

DoD.

Point of Contact (U):

(U) Capt Glenn C. Fyfe, Open Phone: (310) 363-8481.

Date Of Information (U):

(U) 17 August 1998

(U) Road Map Production Date: 23 June 2001