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TCS Inks $10.8 M Communications Contract with U.S. Army
[January 23, 2007]

TCS Inks $10.8 M Communications Contract with U.S. Army


TMCnet Contributing Editor
 
TeleCommunication Systems (News - Alert) (TCS) has inked a new contract with the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command contracting authority at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, reportedly valued in $10.8 million. TCS will deploy and maintain satellite communications terminals that will be used to support the agency's Military Transition Team (MiTT). The company's VSAT terminals will provide MiTT with multimedia communications capabilities to transmit encrypted voice, video and imagery data.


 
This project is part of an ongoing effort to provide MiTT with the delivery of services over the next three-years, which could potentially be worth over $29 million in gains for TCS. The company's initial delivery service is slated for completion within the current quarter and next followed by 36 months of logistical support.
 
MiTT selected TCS' Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) through the $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract. This five-year program is jointly managed by Program Management Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T) and Program Management Defense Communications and Army Transmission System (PM DCATS) Joint Program Management.
 
"This contract award recognizes our strength in delivering reliable, secure and rapidly deployable communications products that are vital to the support of military tactical missions," said TCS' chairman, president and CEO Maurice B. Tosé in a statement.  "The SwiftLink suite has been time-tested and proven in a multitude of mission-critical scenarios worldwide.  TCS SwiftLink VSAT terminals are currently in use in harsh military environments around the world, providing on-the-move communications solutions for our customers.  Real-time, high-speed, secure information exchange is crucial to America's ongoing efforts to defend against global threats and respond to disaster situations at home and abroad."
 
TCS made news just last month when it announced that it was awarded with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office patent number 7,154,438 titled "Prioritized List of Potential Culled Satellite Ephemeris Information for Quick, Accurate Assisted Locating Satellite Location Determination."

The patent enables a wireless subscriber's location to be determined in a speedy manner. According to the company's news release, the method works much quicker than traditional, assisted Global Positioning System (A-GPS) methods, and addresses specific geographic limitations that a subscriber may face when trying to secure a location fix. This is the sixth A-GPS patent awarded to TCS.
 
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