MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- February 16, 2017 -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that during its second quarter of fiscal 2017, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology Inc., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, has received a contract for $1.4 million to supply high-power, multi-amplifier subsystems for uplink satellite communications (SATCOM). This unique system design combines the output power of four 750-watt traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) providing both high performance and full-time SATCOM availability to the operator.

"Our customer was looking for the high output power of a klystron amplifier but with the size and weight advantages of TWTAs," said Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. "By combining multiple amplifiers, the customer gets both the high power and added redundancy for continuos SATCOM availability. We see a growing market demand for such multi-amplifier SATCOM uplink systems."

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 45 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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