MELVILLE, N.Y. –
November 6, 2017– Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL)
announced today that during its first 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
production contract for more than $7.7 million from a U.S. military
integrator to supply high-power traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs).
This is the follow-on order for a multi-year airborne strategic military
program.
“Comtech is a key supplier on this highly advanced strategic satellite
application,” said Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer
of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. “The amplifier is designed for use
on multiple airframes, and includes sophisticated electronics that
allows the user with the ability to transmit under extreme battlefield
conditions. We are pleased to be a long-term partner on this important
program.”
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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