TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) has been awarded a contract by the US Army to provide field support for Secret Internet Protocol Router and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router Access Point (SNAP) Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems.
The additional $11.4m SNAP funding will provide support equipment and maintenance for TCS’s SNAP deployable communications products.
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The TCS SNAP VSAT systems are transportable, ruggedised and provide multimedia communications capabilities to convey encrypted voice, video and data information.
The funding is through the US Army’s $5bn worldwide satellite systems (WWSS) contract vehicle, which has been extended to 27 July 2012, with deliveries scheduled to be completed by August 28 2012.
