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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $3.4 Million
of Movement Tracking System Orders
MELVILLE, N.Y., Mar 8, 2010 (GlobeNewswire
via COMTEX News Network) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based
subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received
orders totaling $3.4 million under its Movement Tracking
System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army. Total
orders received to date against the $605.1 million
MTS contract increased to $593.8 million.
The orders are
for the supply of satellite capacity, hardware, engineering
support and worldwide installation, training and technical
support services.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.,
said, "We
are pleased to receive this order which supports immediate
U.S. Army operational needs and demonstrates the continuing
value of our MTS mobile tracking hardware, network
and services to the U.S. Army. We look forward to our
continuing participation in the MTS Program and to
supporting the future communication requirements of
not only the MTS program, but other critical programs
for the Department of Defense as well."
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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