Alexander H. Flax

Alexander Henry Flax (born January 18, 1921)^[2] was the third Director of the National Reconnaissance Office.

Flax was Director NRO as the second generation of imaging systems became operational and began to play a major role in United States intelligence during the Cold War. He advocated major growth in NRO funding and personnel. Flax oversaw the production of signals intelligence collectors from space and promoted the development of an electro-optical imaging system for U.S. reconnaissance satellites.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Laurie, Clayton. Leaders of the National Reconnaissance Office 1961-2001. Office of the Historian, National Reconnaissance Office. 1 May 2002.
2. ^ Marquis Who's Who on the Web
3. ^ Alexander H. Flax, official biography, National Reconnaissance Office

External links

• Directors List, National Reconnaissance Office
• Oral History interview transcript with Alexander Flax, 29 July 1991, American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library and Archives