
10
1990s —A New Location and Modernization
By the early 1990s DEFSMAC had once again outgrown the space
and facilities available to operate the Center. A completely new
facility was planned and implemented with the added constraint of
maintaining the twenty-four-hour-a-day operation without any
disruption in capability. The modernization of the Center was
completed and put into operation, still within NSA facilities at Fort
George G. Meade. The upgrade also provided increased and improved
worldwide communications access to collectors and customers as
well as major additions to the computer and database assets essential
to managing the operation. ...