MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
October 24, 2014--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL)
announced today that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary,
Comtech Xicom Technology Inc., has received an award for $1.5 million to
supply high-power millimeter-wave traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs)
from a U.S. government customer. The Comtech Xicom TWTA is a rugged
outdoor amplifier and will be used in fixed and transportable satellite
links for strategic military communications.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "Comtech Xicom continues to lead the way
in high-power millimeter-wave amplifier technology. We offer a broad
spectrum of indoor and outdoor millimeter-wave products, from 10Watts to
more than 500Watts at Ka and Q-band. Many military users and commercial
integrators choose our products for their satellite communications
needs."
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 believes many of its solutions play a vital role
in providing or enhancing communication capabilities when terrestrial
communications infrastructure is unavailable, inefficient or too
expensive. The Company conducts business through three complementary
segments: telecommunications transmission, RF microwave amplifiers and
mobile data communications. 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.
PCMTL
Media: Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Michael D.
Porcelain, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 631-962-7000 info@comtechtel.com