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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Launches Next-Generation
Blue Force Tracking High Capacity (BFT-HC) Solution
The BFT-HC Solution Delivers Higher Data Capacity,
Faster Throughput and Reliable Service for Comprehensive
Situational Awareness
March 9, 2009 - MELVILLE, NY - Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) today announced that its Maryland-based
subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, launched
its next-generation Blue Force Tracking High Capacity
(BFT-HC) solution for satellite-enhanced asset tracking
and secure mobile data communications. Developed to
meet the U.S. Army’s demanding requirements for
its next generation mobile tracking system, BFT-HC
ensures the seamless flow of information across the
battlespace, giving soldiers timely access to critical
information when and where it is needed the most.
“Comtech Mobile Datacom developed the BFT-HC
solution with an eye toward the Army’s future
requirements for reliable, secure on-the-move communications.
Drawing upon our strong legacy of mobile network experience,
we are delivering an evolutionary system that is both
compatible with our customer’s existing equipment
and infrastructure and future-proof.” said Fred
Kornberg, president and CEO of Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. “Not only does our solution give soldiers
an unparalleled advantage in the most challenging battlefield
environments, it is also cost-effective and provides
the adaptability, ease of deployment and flexibility
the Army needs.”
Comtech’s BFT-HC mobile tracking solution delivers
superior performance through its three core components:
our Advanced Software Defined Radio (ASDR) transceivers,
improved ground station equipment featuring our Adaptive
Multiuser Detection (AMD) signal processing technology,
and enhancements to our battle-proven satellite communications
network.
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Our breakthrough ASDR transceiver technology
delivers maximum operational flexibility with multiple
data rates, allowing customers to choose the best,
most cost effective satellite service for each
mission or operating theater, and ensuring optimal
performance with substantial operational cost savings.
Our advanced antenna design enables higher message
completion rates at all elevation angles and in
environments where conventional communications
are unavailable or unreliable
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Our state-of-the-art ground station signal processing
enhancements ensure soldiers’ messages are
received and processed, even in the most congested
communication environments. Comtech’s patent-pending
AMD product built on an underlying algorithm from
our partner, DSpace, eliminates signal noise problems
encountered in earlier solutions and dramatically
expands the mobile satellite channel’s uplink
capacity, improving return link performance by
a factor of 20 over previous generation earth station
equipment. We believe ours is the first successful
implementation of Multi-User Detection (MUD) in
an active mobile satellite environment.
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Our satellite communications network delivers
highly secure connections to combat forces, supports
more frequent position reporting with less signal
delay and handles larger packet payloads. Comtech’s
network enhancements implement the latest technology,
minimizing channel interference and signal overlaps,
maximizing total communication performance, ensuring
low-latency, assured information delivery to Warfighters
operating world-wide, even in the most distressed
or challenging locations
Comtech’s BFT-HC solution frees the Army from
pressure to immediately replace or retrofit legacy
equipment in order to implement tomorrow’s technology
today. With BFT-HC, the Army can leverage its existing
BFT technology investment, continuing to use its 80,000
plus installed transceivers and world-wide support
infrastructure while seamlessly transitioning to the
next-generation BFT mobile tracking system. This low
risk, high return approach meets or exceeds all requirements
mandated by the Army’s Force XXI Battle Command
Brigade and Below - Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT)
program for the next generation BFT system.
For more information on the BFT-HC solution, please
visit the Comtech Mobile Datacom booth at:
Satellite 2009/MSUA Conference and Exhibition
March 25 – 27
Walter E. Washington Convention Center (Washington,
DC)
Booth #1104
AFCEA Belvoir Industry Days
March 25 - 27
Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center (National
Harbor, MD)
Booth #1624
About Comtech
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, a Germantown, Maryland-based
company, is engaged in the provision of satellite-based
packet data communication systems and location and
messaging services through the use of advanced communication
and network technology. Comtech's Model MT-2012 Transceiver
features Savi Technology's ISO-compliant EchoPoint
RFID Reader, as well as secure Global Positioning
System (GPS) capabilities. To learn more about Comtech
Mobile Datacom, please visit the company's website
at www.comtechmobile.com.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops,
produces and markets innovative products, systems and
services for advanced communications solutions. The
Company believes many of its solutions play a vital
role in providing or enhancing communication capabilities
when terrestrial communications infrastructure is unavailable
or ineffective. The Company conducts business through
three complementary segments: telecommunications transmission,
mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers.
The Company sells products to a diverse customer base
in the global commercial and government communications
markets. The Company believes it is a market leader
in the market segments that it serves.
Certain information in this press release contains
statements that are forward-looking in nature and involve
certain significant risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from such forward-looking
information. The Company's Securities and Exchange
Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties.
Any forward-looking information in this press release
is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties
described in such Securities and Exchange Commission
filings.
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Michael D. Porcelain, Senior Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer
Jerome Kapelus, Senior Vice President, Strategy and
Business Development
(631) 962-7000
Info@comtechtel.com
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