Comtech Receives Orders Totaling $24.9 Million to Support Existing BFT Satellite Channels and Other Support Services

Sep 8, 2010

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $24.9 million under its existing $384.0 million BFT contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command.

The orders are in support of the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below -- Blue Force Tracking (FBCB2-BFT) program, a U.S. Army battle command real-time situational awareness and control system and ensures Comtech's continued support of all existing deployed BFT satellite channels for a six-month period ending in March 2011, as well as providing test channel services and supporting the command's BRAC related move from Ft. Monmouth, NJ to its new headquarters at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds military base located in Maryland.

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "We are pleased to receive these orders for our continued support of ongoing U.S. Army operational needs. These orders demonstrate the continuing importance of our BFT-1 system to soldiers in theater, the demand for which we believe will continue for a number of years."