Since its inception more than 60 years ago, the National Reconnaissance Office has worked to secure and expand the U.S. intelligence advantage by developing, acquiring, launching, and operating the world’s best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, or ISR, capabilities. That mission is unwavering. But the world in which we operate has changed. Over the past two years, we learned we could no longer take anything for granted. Some of the processes and systems we relied on proved unreliable. The pandemic showed that the global supply chain is fragile, and Russia’s assault on Ukraine made it harder to access raw materials. Rather than bemoaning the fact that what worked in the past may not work in the future, we can embrace this changing world as an opportunity. This presentation will explore how the NRO aims to take advantage of new capabilities to be faster and more efficient, relying on systems engineers and their digital engineering tool box to mitigate risks and architect the future.