TeleCommunication Systems Receives $12.8 Million in Funding From U.S. Army for SNAP Deployable Satellite Systems and Support

TeleCommunication Systems

today announced that it has received an additional $12.8 million in funding from the U.S. Army for equipment and field services support of Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal satellite systems. These awards are the result of exercised options on five existing delivery orders issued by the U.S. Army Communications - Electronics Life Cycle Management Command. This additional SNAP funding will provide equipment and support for TCS' highly reliable SwiftLink® deployable communications products. The U.S. Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network - Tactical (PM WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program is funding these procurements through the Army's $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract vehicle. Under the SNAP program, customers can exercise options and add funding through August 2011 for delivery per the term of the discrete order. The SNAP program includes options for approximately 1,500 terminals and supporting equipment to be deployed in various sizes and configurations, along with up to 30 field-support positions. Under the WWSS procurement vehicle, customers may place orders through August 2011 for delivery up to a year thereafter.