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Directorate of Science and Technology

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CIA directorate intelligence agency division

The Directorate of Science and Technology is the branch of the CIA responsible for developing and applying advanced technologies to support U.S. intelligence collection and analysis.

Aliases (5)

Office of Advanced Technologies and Programs ×1
Office of Development and Engineering ×1
Office of Scientific Intelligence ×1
Office of Technical Collection ×1
S&T Directorate ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	CIA directorate → intelligence agency division →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States federal government → global →
country	United States →
fieldOfWork	aerospace technology → applied science → clandestine technical operations → covert communications → cryptology → electronic warfare → imagery intelligence → measurement and signature intelligence → research and development → satellite reconnaissance → scientific intelligence → signals intelligence → surveillance technology → technical intelligence →
foundedBy	Central Intelligence Agency →
hasPart	Foreign Missile and Space Analysis Center → National Photographic Interpretation Center → National Reconnaissance Office liaison elements → Office of Advanced Technologies and Programs → Office of Development and Engineering → Office of Research and Development → Office of SIGINT Operations → Office of Special Activities → Office of Technical Collection → Office of Technical Readiness → Office of Weapons and Counterproliferation → Office of the Director of Science and Technology →
headquartersLocation	George Bush Center for Intelligence → Langley, Virginia →
inception	1963 →
industry	intelligence →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Fairfax County, Virginia →
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
operatedBy	Central Intelligence Agency →
ownedBy	United States government →
parentOrganization	Central Intelligence Agency →
partOf	Central Intelligence Agency →
purpose	development of advanced technologies for intelligence collection → innovation in intelligence capabilities → support of U.S. intelligence analysis → technical support to CIA operations →
replaces	Office of Research and Development → Office of Scientific Intelligence →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Advanced Technologies and Programs") → Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Technical Collection") → Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Development and Engineering") →	hasPart
Office of SIGINT Operations → Office of Technical Readiness →	partOf
Science and Technology Directorate ("S&T Directorate") →	abbreviation
Central Intelligence Agency →	hasOrganizationalUnit
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency →	oversees
Office of SIGINT Operations →	parentOrganization
Directorate of Science and Technology ("Office of Scientific Intelligence") →	replaces