Date:
2009 September 30, 06:44 (Wednesday)

Original Classification:
CONFIDENTIAL

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GERMAN ELECTION RESULTS A GOOD SIGN FOR HIROS ——————————————— 4. (C) Eckardt anticipated that an official decision by the German government to fund HiROS would be made by mid-November and that its „primary customer“ is adamant that construction begin in January 2010 with a planned deployment in 2013. (COMMENT: With the German general elections now in the rear view mirror, the new CDU/CSU coalition with the Free Democratic Party (FDP) will likely solidify political support for HiROS. The „primary customer“ referred to by Eckardt is the German intelligence service (BND). END COMMENT)