The contract is fully funded by the U.S. Government.

Pursuant to the contract, Globecomm and DasNet will provide all the equipment and personnel necessary to support a communications network for the Afghan National Army, including operations and maintenance of the network for a period of one year.

Once complete, the network will allow for robust communications between the Ministry of Defense and the Afghan National Army.

David Hershberg, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Globecomm Systems, said, "Globecomm continues to work with the Ministries in Afghanistan. Globecomm has won multiple contracts in the region over the past twelve months valued at over $30 million to build communications infrastructure.

This contract with DasNet Corporation opens doors to various opportunities for Globecomm to expand its relationship with the Afghan Ministry of Defense, and we look forward to working with them on this project and others in the future."

David Salley, President & CEO of DasNet Corporation, said, "The ability to immediately support various 'real world' missions anywhere in the world at any time may be attributed to our resident engineering staff and mobile Technical & Engineering Support Team.

"This resource pool of cleared engineers and technicians provides clients around the world with immediate access to professionals with diverse skills managed by a universal program manager to ensure universal efficiencies will benefit our client's effort in Afghanistan. This award serves to demonstrate the successful teaming DasNet and Globecomm have enjoyed over the past several years in the Middle East."

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