Launched between 1971 and 1987 primarily to collect intelligence data on foreign weapon testing, the last satellites in the ...

The name Jumpseat was first revealed in a 1986 book by the investigative journalist Seymour Hersh on the Soviet Union’s 1983 ...

After spying on the electronic signals of adversaries for decades, the NRO's enigmatic Jumpseat spy satellite has emerged from the darkness.

The National Reconnaissance Office just revealed the existence of its "JUMPSEAT" line of spy satellites, eight of which launched to Earth orbit between 1971 and 1987.

A combination of strains are threatening morale and even long-term capabilities at the National Security Agency, former U.S. national security officials and others with knowledge of changes at the ...