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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Receipt of Defense
Transportation Tracking System (DTTS) Certification for Tracking
and Monitoring Hazardous Cargo Shipments
MELVILLE, N.Y., Dec 13, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary,
Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation (CMDC), received certification
from the Department of the Army, Military Surface Deployment and
Distribution Command (SDDC), Defense Transportation Tracking System
(DTTS) Program Office, to track and monitor hazardous cargo shipments,
including Arms, Ammunition & Explosives (AA&E) and other
sensitive items, being transported by commercial carriers. CMDC
is only the second company since the start of the DTTS program
to receive this certification, which is based on the use of CMDC's
L-Band satellite network infrastructure, mobile satellite transceivers,
and DTTS application software.
CMDC's current DTTS product offering features its MT-2011 L-band
mobile satellite transceiver, as well as its geoOps(TM) based
tracking, messaging, and emergency notification software application,
integrated with a rugged in-cab computer. The system provides
secure, near real-time, mobile data communications capabilities
that meet the demanding tracking and communication requirements
for commercial and government shippers handling hazardous cargo.
CMDC's mobile satellite transceivers, global satellite network,
and application software are currently used by key military and
government programs including the U.S. Army's Movement Tracking
System (MTS) and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below -
Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT) programs, the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization's (NATO's) International Force Tracking System (IFTS),
the U.S. Army National Guard, and the National Guard's Civil Support
Teams (CSTs). To date, CMDC has shipped over 70,000 mobile satellite
transceivers to its military and government customers.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "We are extremely pleased
to have received DTTS certification. This significant milestone
allows CMDC to leverage its expertise in secure mobile communications,
and successfully take its satellite network, field-proven MT-2011
mobile satellite transceivers, and future product offerings into
new market segments serving military, government, and commercial
customers."
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:
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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