, ▁and ▁was ▁at ▁that ▁point ▁fund ing ▁development ▁of ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ' s ▁ 1 8 - inch ▁resolution ▁design , ▁K H - 7 ▁" G AM BIT ". ▁St ung ▁by ▁the ▁outcome , ▁the ▁project ▁suffered ▁a ▁further ▁set back ▁when ▁I tek ▁announced ▁that ▁they ▁would ▁no ▁longer ▁work ▁on ▁F UL CR UM ' s ▁camera ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁demand ▁that ▁they ▁felt ▁was ▁un reason able , ▁although ▁other ▁sources ▁suggested ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁final ▁result ▁of ▁a ▁long ▁stream ▁of ▁dem ands ▁and ▁design ▁changes ▁coming ▁from ▁the ▁newly ▁en larg ed ▁C IA ▁division . ▁W heel on ▁ret ali ated ▁by ▁hand ing ▁the ▁contract ▁to ▁Per kin - El mer , ▁which ▁delivered ▁the ▁cam eras ▁for ▁what ▁would ▁become ▁the ▁successful ▁K H - 9 ▁" H EX AG ON ", ▁better ▁known ▁as ▁" Big ▁Bird ". ▁ ▁There ▁are ▁two ▁different ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁what ▁followed . ▁Rich el son ▁states ▁that ▁the ▁N RO ▁quickly ▁handed ▁I tek ▁a ▁contract ▁for ▁their ▁own ▁" S - 2 " ▁system , ▁a ▁follow - on ▁to ▁the ▁Air ▁Force ' s ▁trouble d ▁S AM OS ▁program . ▁This ▁project ▁had ▁originally ▁selected ▁a ▁K od ak ▁camera , ▁and ▁changed ▁to ▁an ▁I tek ▁design ▁after ▁their ▁F UL CR UM ▁announ cement . ▁He ▁notes ▁the ▁suggestion ▁that ▁the ▁offer ▁was ▁pre - arr anged , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁dep rive ▁the ▁C IA