SECURE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AWARDED BBN TECHNOLOGIES SUBCONTRACT FOR SPEECH-TO-SPEECH TRANSLATION SYSTEM HARDWARE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT - PRESS RELEASE

SANTA ANA, CA — August 25, 2008 — Secure Communication Systems, an innovator in rugged handheld and deployable computer systems, announced today it has been awarded a subcontract by BBN Technologies to provide research and development (R&D) services in support of advancing Spoken Language Communication and Translation System for Tactical Use (TRANSTAC) performance on ruggedized portable and mobile systems. The BBN subcontract is part of a broader initiative of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) TRANSTAC Speech-to-Speech (S2S) Translation program, to create bidirectional, free-form, speaker independent, S2S translation systems. Read more