Dec 10, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.3 Million Contract for Military Communications Amplifiers

December 10, 2019-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that during the second quarter of fiscal 2020, its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., which is part of Comtech's Commercial Solutions segment, received a $1.3 million follow-on order from a domestic integrator for Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (“TWTAs”) for a U.S. Government Satellite Communications application.

The Ka-band TWTAs ordered for this challenging Army application are part of Comtech Xicom Technology's industry-leading high efficiency TWTA product line and will be delivered in 2020.

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, “Comtech is proud to continue our support for this important Military Communications program with our industry-leading Ka-band TWTAs. The amplifiers enable worldwide satellite communications for Army personnel and are designed for difficult environmental conditions in ground-mobile applications.”

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 52 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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