Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $2.5 Million in Orders for Solid-State High-Power Amplifiers for
Military Customers
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 Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking information in this press release is
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