Whether NRO admits it, though, it seemed that NROL-11’s patch had inadvertently revealed classified details about its payload’s whereabouts, and when the story broke, the patches suddenly ...

The designer of National Reconnoissance Office mission patches has to be cackling gleefully over how popular the purple storm-lady of NROL-35 has become, ...

Last year, the National Reconnaissance Office sparked a media frenzy when it released a spy satellite mission patch depicting an Earth-eating octopus. But, that’s not even close to the weirdest ...

That NRO octopus patch caused me a bit of hassle. It was featured on the Jon Stewart show, much to the NRO's chagrin. The NRO is VERY protective of its brand, and it did not like the way the patch ...

WASHINGTON — As security incidents go, the case of the National Reconnaissance Office shoulder patch may lack the intrigue of a Russian bug planted in a State Department conference room, or the ...

The National Reconnaissance Office is the Department of Defense organ tasked with operating the recon satellites that relay signals intelligence to various intel agencies. Talladega Nights: The ...