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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.9 Million of Blue
Force Tracking Orders for Its Mobile Ground Satellite Data Communications
Transceivers
MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec 12, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary,
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $1.9
million for its mobile satellite data communications transceivers.
The orders are for the supply of Comtech's Model 2011E mobile
satellite data transceivers to the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade
and Below - Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT) program, a battle
command real-time situational awareness and control system. Although
the awards relate to the FBCB2-BFT Program, the orders were placed
against the Company's U.S. Army Movement Tracking System Contract.
Total orders received to date against the $418.2 million MTS contract
increased to $357.5 million.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "The continued deployment
of our satellite transceivers in the Blue Force Tracking System
demonstrates the importance our technology plays in supporting
this critical 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.
PCMTL
SOURCE: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Media:
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
Robert G. Rouse, Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
or
Jerome Kapelus, Senior Vice President,
Strategy and Business Development
631-962-7000
Info@comtechtel.com
Copyright Business Wire 2007
Copyright Business Wire 2007
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