TROJAN SPIRIT

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Jun 03, 2015

"Ongoing military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan has prompted the Defense Information Systems Agency to raise the ceiling on a contract for commercial fixed satellite services, lest those services run out three years early.

DISA’s Defense IT Contracting Organization has filed a Justification and Approval notice for raising the contract ceiling for communications services for the Army Intelligence and Security Command while it makes arrangements to re-compete the contract.

The command in June 2008 awarded SES Government Solutions (then as American Government Services) a five-year contract with five one-year options for satellite services, a total 10-year timeframe with a $286.5 million ceiling expected to cover services through the post-war drawdown. “Unfortunately,” the notice says, “the draw down in Iraq and Afghanistan did not occur at the level expected; therefore, the impact resulted in a higher demand for unanticipated mission critical requirements.” (The United States had planned to reduce the number of troops in Afghanistan to 5,500 by the end of 2015, but announced in March that the it would keep the troop level at 9,800.)"

Source : http://defensesystems.com/articles/2015/06/03/isis-disa-satellite-intel-contract-ceiling.aspx

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081203-N-8825R-001. KABUL, Afghanistan--General David McKiernan, Commander, International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), meets with officials from the Luxembourg Ministry of Defense at the main building of ISAF Headquarters on Dec. 3, 2008. Officials met with McKiernan to discuss the work of Dutch and Belgium detachment of troops deployed to a force protection company at the Kabul International Airport. ISAF Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Aramis X. Ramirez (RELEASED)

Source : http://cryptome.org/info/af-war-arch-1008/af-war-arch-10-082.htm

https://www.gouvernement.lu/851953/05-schiltz-afghanistan

cf http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/interview-with-nato-s-afghanistan-commander-a-counter-insurgency-takes-a-long-time-longer-than-we-thought-a-571345.html