{"id":433209,"date":"2026-10-20T18:02:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/433209\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:02:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:02:12","slug":"tampa-defense-contractor-lands-global-peace-corps-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/433209\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Defense Contractor Lands Global Peace Corps Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/10\/08\/tampa-defense-contractor-federal-contracts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa-based defense contractor<\/a> Trace Systems has won a five-year contract to provide emergency satellite communications for the Peace Corps at 60 overseas posts, keeping personnel connected in remote areas where cellular networks and landlines are unavailable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The agreement extends the company\u2019s existing work with the federal agency, which relies on satellite phones to contact <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/economic-development\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"39\" title=\"Growth &amp; Developmen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">headquarters<\/a> during emergencies. Trace announced the award Tuesday, Oct. 20, but did not disclose its value.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the contract, Trace will provide 24-hour voice service, two-way text messaging, voicemail and international roaming for satellite phones already deployed worldwide. The company will also maintain existing phone numbers, provide <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/2026\/09\/18\/centcom-technology-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">technical support and training<\/a>, and expand coverage as the Peace Corps enters new locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeace Corps personnel operate in some of the most remote environments in the world, where dependable communication isn\u2019t just helpful; it\u2019s essential to safety, coordination, and emergency response,\u201d said John Reilly, Trace\u2019s vice president of growth operations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trace Systems specializes in satellite communications, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbbwmag.com\/tech-news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"38\" title=\"tech\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cybersecurity<\/a> and technology services for government and defense operations worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa-based defense contractor Trace Systems has won a five-year contract to provide emergency satellite communications for the Peace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":433210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-433209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=433209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/433209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/433210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=433209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=433209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=433209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}