TSYS To Ensure The Cavalry Will Always Arrive In The Nick Of Time

TeleCommunication Systems’ SwiftLink VSAT, the DVM-80 TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. [NasdaqGM: TSYS] reveals they have been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Lifecycle Management Command contracting authority at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., for satellite communications terminals and maintenance to support the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division. This contract is valued at $2.4 million. This is part of a 3-year order under an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract, with a potential total order value of more than $29 million, if all options are exercised. The initial order is to be completed in September 2007, followed by 24 months of logistical support.

U.S. 1st Cavalry Division is acquiring TCS SwiftLink® Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) under contract with the Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program (CSTP) and through the $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract vehicle, which is available to support all federal communication missions, including disaster relief and homeland security efforts. The TCS SwiftLink VSAT terminals will provide multimedia communications capabilities to convey encrypted voice, video and imagery data—Annapolis, Maryland