IC S&T STRATEGIC PLAN

About the Cover:The cover uses a red and blue double helix to represent multiple concepts relating to theIntelligence Community’s (IC’s) science and technology (S&T) efforts. For example, starting at thebottom and moving up the image on the cover one observes—in chronological order—a numberof key “red” challenges and “blue” technological achievements in the history of the IC. The useof this construct was not chosen randomly, however. Akin to how the base pairs in strands ofdeoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) correspond to one another, researchers and technologists within theIC S&T enterprise aspire to create capabilities that link to the threat environment of today—and inthe future. Lastly, and perhaps most importantly, the choice of a DNA strand is meant to conveythe critical importance of basic research to the IC’s mission.