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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.4 Million
Movement Tracking System Order for RFID Upgrade
MELVILLE, N.Y., Mar 30, 2010 (GlobeNewswire
via COMTEX News Network) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based
subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received
an order totaling $1.4 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 $595.2 million.
The order is
Phase II of ongoing efforts to complete migration of
all RFID processes to the new international standard
ISO/IEC 18000-7. Whereas Phase I migration efforts
involved modifications to the transceiver's firmware
to enable it to read RFID tags operating under the
ISO 18000-7 standard, Phase II encompasses modifications
to the MTS platform application program, network, and
other interfaces. Upon completion of the migration,
the MTS mobile RFID capability will extend to all active
RFID tags built to comply with the international standard.
Fred
Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "We
are pleased to have received this order to upgrade
the MTS Program's mobile RFID capability. The U.S.
Army logisticians face a steep challenge associated
with tracking critical equipment as our forces continually
shift to and from Iraq and Afghanistan, and other locations.
This new RFID capability will enable the Army to more
broadly identify and track assets. We look forward
to working with the program office in testing and fielding
this milestone enhancement."
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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