The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), located in Chantilly, Virginia, is one of the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies and considered, along with the CIA, NSA, DIA and NGA, to be one of the "big five" U.S. Intelligence agencies. It designs, builds, and operates the spy satellites of the United States government, and coordinates the analysis of aerial surveillance and satellite imagery from several intelligence and military agencies.
The Director of the NRO reports to both the Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense and serves as Assistant to the Secretary of the Air Force (Intelligence Space Technology).
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