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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $10.0 Million of Blue
Force Tracking Orders for Satellite Network Upgrades and Mobile
Satellite Data Communications Transceivers
MELVILLE, N.Y., Apr 2, 2008 (PrimeNewswire via COMTEX News Network)
-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today
that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation,
received orders totaling $10.0 million under its IDIQ contract
with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).
The orders are for the support of the Force XXI Battle Command
Brigade and Below -- Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT) program,
a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system.
Comtech received full funding to test and deploy improved beam
processing hub equipment to specific segments of its satellite
network and to purchase equipment and services that will enable
use of the INMARSAT 4 satellite constellation. The orders are
also for the supply of Comtech's Model MT-2011 Mobile Satellite
Data Transceivers for use with both ground and aviation assets.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "We are extremely pleased
to receive these new orders from our Blue Force Tracking customer.
This continued support highlights the critical role our improved
network technology and transceiver products play in this important
program."
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, a Germantown, Maryland-based
company, is engaged in the provision of satellite-enhanced packet
data communication systems and location and messaging services
through the use of advanced communication and network technology.
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:
Daniel S. Wood, President
Bill Vaughan, Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing
20430 Century Blvd., Germantown, MD 20874
Telephone (240) 686-3300
Fax (240) 686-3301
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