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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $41.8 Million
of Blue Force Tracking Orders for Continued Support
Through March 2010
MELVILLE, N.Y., Apr 6, 2009 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX
News Network) -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL)
announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary,
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders
totaling $41.8 million under its IDIQ contract with
the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).
The orders are for the continued 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
orders to provide satellite network bandwidth as well
as program and technical services in support of FBCB2-BFT's
domestic and overseas operations. Fred Kornberg, President
and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications
Corp., said, "We are extremely pleased to receive
these expected orders for additional satellite bandwidth
and support services from our Blue Force Tracking customer.
We believe this order, which implies an increase in
bandwidth usage by our customer over the next twelve
months, demonstrates that the military continues to
view our equipment as critical to meeting anticipated
operational requirements."
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. 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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