TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS), a global leader in mission-critical wireless communications, today announced the award of a five-year contract for the U.S. Marine Corps. The order is initially funded for $6.7 million with potential for a total of $64 million including all option years. The order requires TCS to deliver systems for use by the U.S. Marine Corps in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and will enable both data and voice connectivity for deployed Marine Corps units.
The order was awarded under contract with the Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program (CSTP) and through the U.S. Army’s $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. Within the first 12 months of the 60-month ordering period, TCS has been awarded nine orders now totaling over $30 million of funding and a total $101 million of contract value, including all options—Annapolis, Maryland
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