MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- April 13, 2016-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) announced today that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., has received a $1.3 million contract for broadband, solid-state, high-power RF microwave amplifiers from a major international customer.

The amplifiers, which include the latest broadband solid-state switching and transistor technology, provide for very broad frequency coverage and will be utilized as part of a communications jamming system supplied to an international end user.

In commenting on this contract award, Dr. Stanton Sloane, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "This follow-on order clearly demonstrates our continued leadership position in communications jamming technology and the ongoing need for our high-power broadband amplifiers which are utilized in major electronic warfare applications both domestically and internationally."

Comtech PST Corp. (www.comtechpst.com) is a leading independent supplier of broadband, high-power, high performance RF microwave amplifiers for use in a broad spectrum of applications including defense, 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. The Company believes it is a leader in most of 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.

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