MELVILLE, N.Y. – 
      April 12, 2018 — Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL)
      announced today that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its Santa
      Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc.,
      which is part of Comtech’s Commercial Solutions segment, has received a
      contract for more than $1.0 million for Ka-band high-power amplifiers
      from a leading satellite communications (SATCOM) direct-to-home (DTH)
      television service provider.
    
      “Comtech Xicom is the leading supplier of high power Ka-band amplifiers.
      These products are specially developed for high reliability and long
      life, lowering the operational cost to provide the service,” said Fred
      Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
      Telecommunications Corp. “We are pleased to receive another order in
      support of the direct-to-home television marketplace.”
    
      Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., a world leader in high-power amplifiers,
      manufactures a wide variety of tube-based and solid-state power
      amplifiers for military and commercial satellite uplink applications.
      The product range encompasses power levels from 8 W to 3 kW, with
      frequency coverage in sub-bands within the 2 GHz to 51 GHz spectrum.
      Amplifiers are available for fixed and ground-based, ship-board, and
      airborne mobile applications. Please visit www.xicomtech.com
      for more information.
    
      Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets
      innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications
      solutions. The Company sells products to a diverse customer base in the
      global commercial and government communications markets.
    
      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.
    
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