MELVILLE, N.Y. –
January 15, 2019 — Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL)
announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2019, its New
York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., which is part of Comtech’s
Government Solutions segment, received a multi-million dollar contract
award for solid-state, high-power RF amplifier systems from Northrop
Grumman Corporation for use on the U.S. Navy’s Next Generation Jammer –
Low Band (NGJ-LB) Demonstration of Existing Technologies (DET).
The NGJ system will augment, and ultimately replace the EA-18G Growler
aircraft’s legacy ALQ-99 Tactical Jammer System with advanced airborne
electronic attack capabilities for defeating increasingly advanced and
capable threats.
In commenting on this contract award, Fred Kornberg, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, “This
significant award demonstrates Comtech’s strength in developing
solid-state, high-power RF amplifier systems for advanced airborne
electronic warfare systems. Comtech brings extensive knowledge and
experience to the Northrop Grumman team to support the U.S. Navy.”
Comtech PST Corp. (www.comtechpst.com)
is a leading independent supplier of broadband, high-power, high
performance RF microwave amplifiers and control components for use in a
broad spectrum of applications including defense, radar, medical,
satellite communications systems and instrumentation.
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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