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In terms of quality of the final product, contractors' NIS papers have generally been less satisfactory than comparable previous internal efforts. Also, some past contractors have had difficulty meeting NIS deadlines, which are always rigidly fixed. Within the last few years further reductions in quality have been incurred as a result of attempts to keep down costs of contracting in this area. The reduction of quality has not necessarily reflected upon the competence of the contractors but rather on the manner in which the task is presented to them; they are, in essence, told to produce the best contribution they can for a certain small fixed fee. Nevertheless, the NIS contracting program has been successful in keeping OSI analysts relatively free from a time consuming task, which was one aim of this program.
VII. Support to ELINT and EMW Development
Through the 1950s OSI was heavily involved in the development of electronics intercept (ELINT) and electromagnetic warfare intelligence (EMW).
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