Technical Communications Corporation Announces an Amendment to a Previously Received Order from the U.S. Army

Business Wire, Oct 28, 2008

CONCORD, Mass. -- Technical Communications Corporation (OTC BB: TCCO.OB) today announced that it has received an amendment to a U.S. Army contract for encryption equipment to be delivered to the Government of Egypt. The contract amendment is approximately $610,000 and will be delivered over the next twenty-four months. This amendment is an add-on to the previous equipment order valued at $5.75 million.

Commenting on the order, Mr. Carl H. Guild, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer of TCC said, "This contract amendment provides additional support for upgrades to fielded units related to the DSD72A-SP deployments in Egypt. We expect shipments on this contract to begin in fiscal 2009 and continue into 2010. We are pleased to see that the Government of Egypt continues to expand and upgrade its TCC supplied systems."

About Technical Communications Corporation

TCC designs, manufactures, and supports superior grade secure communications systems that protect highly sensitive information transmitted over a wide range of data, voice and fax networks. TCC's security solutions protect information privacy on every continent in over 110 countries. Government agencies, militaries, financial institutions, telecommunications carriers and multinational corporations worldwide rely on TCC to protect their communications networks.

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