Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $2.5 Million in Orders for Solid-State High-Power Amplifiers for Military Customers
MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
February 15, 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 $2.5
million in orders to supply an array of solid-state high-power
amplifiers to a military integrator. The orders included C-band, X-band
and Ku-band SSPA products for use in highly mobile satellite
communications (SATCOM) systems providing voice, data, video
conferencing, internet and high resolution video connectivity for
military forces deployed world-wide. Comtech Xicom's SSPA products
feature robust designs ensuring highly efficient and reliable operation
in challenging global environments.
Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. said, "Comtech Xicom products have proven to be
robust in the field and our key customers continue to come back to us
for follow-on procurements. This is a significant order and our factory
has ramped up to deliver these amplifiers quickly. We continue to expand
our business with our military OEM customers."
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
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