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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Successful
FIPS 140-2 Certification Related to Its BFT-2 Network
Initiative
MELVILLE, N.Y., Jan 13, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via
COMTEX News Network) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based
subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation (CMDC),
received a FIPS 140-2 Validation Certification from
the National Institute for Standards and Technology
(NIST) for its satellite network's cryptographic library
modules which are incorporated into Comtech's Blue
Force Tracking-2 (BFT-2) Network initiative.
Fred Kornberg,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. stated, "We
are extremely pleased to receive this FIPS 140-2 Validation
Certification. This certification of our satellite
network infrastructure is an achievement that further
demonstrates how our BFT-2 solution meets emerging
and critical U.S. military needs. The FIPS 140-2 technology
is incorporated into our BFT-2 satellite network and
satellite transceiver and is compatible with our existing
BFT and Movement Tracking System (MTS) networks. Comtech's
BFT-2 solution is ready for field deployment, specifically
addresses the U.S. Army's warfighters' demand for increased
bandwidth and network speed, and is backward compatible
with the more than 100,000 first generation Comtech-designed
BFT satellite transceivers already deployed.
The FIPS
140-2 validation for cryptographic modules is obtained
through the National Institute of Standards and Technology,
the United States FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module Validation
Authority, as well as the Communications Security Establishment,
Canada's FIPS 140-2 Cryptographic Module Validation
Authority.
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,
inefficient or too expensive. 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.
PCMTL
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SOURCE: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
CONTACT: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
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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