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Building on a strong foundation

On 12 August 2014, the General Manager invited the former Directors and General Managers of the five elements that formed the NCI Agency to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the Agency’s establishment.

Visit of Commander German CIS Command to the NCI Agency

MGEN Heinrich-Willem Steiner, Commander German CIS Command and his deputy BGEN Dr Michael Fäber, visited the NCI Agency in The Hague 8 July 2014. The visit had the aim to exchange ideas on Federated Mission Networking (FMN) and to brief the delegation on the Agency’s recent and past contributions to operations.

GM signs Joint Partnership statement with LANDCOM

On 5 August, the NCI Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers visited Allied Land Command Izmir (LANDCOM), and during the visit signed a joint partnership statement with LANDCOM Commander LGEN Frederick "Ben" Hodges.

Acting Director Demand Management – Timothy Murphy

Following a request from the President of the Republic of Bulgaria, the General Manager has granted Dr Velizar Shalamanov up to 3 months of special leave

U.S. Telecommunications Team Afghanistan visits NCI Agency

The NCI Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers hosted a small delegation from the U.S. Telecommunications Advisory Team (TAT) for Afghanistan at the NCI Agency on Monday 30 June 2014. One of the key objectives of the visit was to discuss opportunities for cooperation between the U.S. TAT and the NCI Agency.

International Competitive Bid for BRASS and SSSB Romania

On 30 July 2014, the NCI Agency released an International Competitive Bid under procedures set forth in NATO document AC/4-D/2261 for the Provision of Broadcast , Maritime Rear Link and Ship Shore, (BRASS) and Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer Interface (SSSB) for the Republic of Romania.

NCI Agency GM discusses C4ISR support with the Greek Deputy CHoD

The Greek Deputy Chief of Defence, Vice Admiral Alexandros Theodosiou hosted the Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers and the Global Account Manager, Mr Timothy Murphy at the Ministry of National Defence in Athens.

Change of Command at NCI Agency Naples and Operation Unified Protector Award

On 10 July 2014, the NATO Communications and Information Agency CIS Support Unit Naples’ Change of Command Ceremony took place between the outgoing commander, BGEN, Engineer Corps, Dario Nicolella and the incoming commander, COL ITAF Marcello Turchetta. The event was held at the NATO Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) in Lago Patria (ITA). More than 300 guests were in attendance.

NCI Agency GM visits Pentagon and speaks at AFCEA Cyber Symposium

The NCI Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers and Director Demand Management, Dr Velizar Shalamanov, travelled to Washington DC 23-26 June to attend meetings with Senior Leadership at the Pentagon. During the visit, Mr Gijsbers met with Acting Chief Information Officer for the US Department of Defense, Mr Terry Halvorsen and with the Executive Director, Mr Gregory L. Garcia, of the U.S. Army Information Technology Agency.

Combined Air Operations Centre Torrejon reaches final implementation

On 3 July, a Ceremony was held at the Torrejon Air Force Base, Madrid, Spain to attest the finalization of the implementation process of the Combined Air Operations Centre Torrejon (CAOC TJ).

3rd Land User Requirement Workshop

The 3rd Land User Requirement Workshop (LURW3) was held on 24-27 June 2014 at NCI Agency in The Hague, with attendance of staff officers from ACT, SHAPE, JFCNP, JFCBS, LANDCOM, NRDC-ITA, ARRC and MNC-NE.

NCI Agency General Manager meets with Romanian Minister of Defence and Chief of General Staff

During the 2014 Industry conference held in Bucharest from the 24 until 27 March, in which the NCI Agency presented major transatlantic business opportunities, the NCI Agency General Manager, Mr Koen Gijsbers, held bilateral meetings with the Romanian Minister of Defence, Mircea Duşa, and the Chief of General Staff, Lieutenant General Ştefan Dănilă.

CSE Athens Activation Ceremony

On Monday 26 May 2014, the activation ceremony was held for NATO Communications and Information Service Support Element (CSE) Athens. COL Dario Nicolella, the CSU Naples Commander, handed the Agency flag over to Lieutenant Commander Fotios Katsantas . Commander Nicolella took the occasion to thank all units for an excellent job done and to bid farewell to everyone before his retirement on 10 July. The event was blessed by the Orthodox Chaplain, COL Tsimenidis Athanasios.

CWIX 2014

Last week, CWIX 2014 (2-19 June) was brought to a successful conclusion. After nearly three weeks of intense interoperability testing, engineers and operators from 19 NATO and Partner Nations and 10 NATO organizations left Joint Force Training Centre (JFTC) in Bydgoszcz, Poland and headed home.

New Commander joins CSU Norfolk

Colonel Anthony Audrey assumed command of the NCI Agency CSU Norfolk on Wednesday 18 June, during a mid-morning ceremony at the steps of the NATO Allied Command Transformation headquarters.

SACEUR visits JWC

U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), visited the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Thursday, 19 June.