Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.0 Million Contract for TWTA Amplifiers in Support of Direct-to-Home Television Service

April 12, 2018 -- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that during its third quarter of fiscal 2018, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, has received a contract for more than $1.0 million for Ka-band high-power amplifiers from a leading satellite communications (SATCOM) direct-to-home (DTH) television service provider.

"Comtech Xicom is the leading supplier of high power Ka-band amplifiers. These products are specially developed for high reliability and long life, lowering the operational cost to provide the service,” said Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. "We are pleased to receive another order in support of the direct-to-home television marketplace."

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 51 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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