The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) recently released a request for information focused on procuring Assured Satcom Services in Single Theater (ASSIST). The program, as described, would enable DISA to purchase a large block of satellite capacity (Ku- and Ka-band) to help augment and replace the more than 5 gigahertz of commercial space segment currently leased for U.S. Central Command in Southwest Asia. Those needs have gone unmet by military satellite communications for over a decade, and given the cancellation of the Transformational Satellite (T-Sat) program and pending Department of Defense (DoD) budget cuts, those needs are unlikely to be met by milsatcom assets at any time in the near future.