Annapolis, Maryland-based TeleCommunication Systems (News - Alert) Inc. has announced the winning of a $3.8 million order from the U.S. Army. The world leader in secure mobile communication technology said it has received orders for its antenna systems, quad band satellite emulators and other support equipment.

The company further informed that initial funding on the orders totals $1.3 million and the orders will be funded up to a total of $3.8 million if the options are fully exercised through August 2011.

The U.S. Army Project Manager for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (PM WIN-T) Commercial Satellite Terminal Program (CSTP) is funding these procurements through the Army's $5 billion World-Wide Satellite Systems (WWSS) contract vehicle.

Millions of consumers worldwide as well as government agencies rely on TeleCommunication Systems’s highly secure mobile communication solutions.

This Annapolis based company provides the infrastructure for leading E9-1-1, text messaging, commercial location and deployable wireless communications services. The company has also curved a niche in the fields of new mobile cloud computing services offered through the wireless applications for navigation, hyper-local search, asset tracking, social applications and telematics.

The company has an impressive track record of serving the government agencies for over two decades. It has acted as a trusted provider of communication technology solutions to solve the government's toughest technical challenges, under conditions that demand the highest level of reliability, availability and security. TCS’s deployable communications solutions and complete end-to-end managed services for converged (IP-based) voice, video and data solutions are ideal to ensure mission continuity. The organizations requiring seamless, highly secure connectivity between fixed sites and remote operations, find the TCS secure mobile solutions extremely valuable.

“Today's warfighters depend on advanced technologies to supply instant access to a vast array of real-time information for their command and control communications. TCS is committed to ensuring that our systems deliver this data securely to their fingertips when and where they need it,” Michael Bristol, senior vice president and general manager of government solutions for TCS, said.

Last month, TeleCommunication Systems announced the award of a U.S. Patent for its Cellular-Augmented Radar/Laser Detector. The new product, which enables a cellular laser/radar receiver to share the information of emission detection, is suited for use in homeland security, public safety, and other such applications. The invention also offers a tiered data structure and an autonomous location determination for accurate warning, the company informed in a press release.