Comtech Receives $6.5 Million Contract to Support the BFT-2 Program
October 10 2017 - 10:14AM
Business Wire
October 10, 2017-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
(Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today, that during its first quarter of
fiscal 2018, its Government Solutions segment’s Command and Control
Technologies group through its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech
Mobile Datacom Corporation, was awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP)
$6.5 million contract from the Consortium Management Group (CMG) to
support the U.S. Army Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC) and
the Blue Force Tracking 2 (“BFT2”) program.
Phase 1 execution which totals $1.2 million is to port
additional waveforms onto the current BFT2 transceiver to allow it
to be used in austere operational environments. The final objective
requires the ability to quickly change to different waveforms based
on changing operational environments and requirements. Upon phase 2
and 3 execution, the total value for these additional phases is
$5.3 million. The $6.5 million contract is expected to be completed
within seventeen months.
The contract vehicle utilized for this award is pursuant to an
Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) between C5 and the U.S. Army
Contracting Command-New Jersey. The OTA enables the U.S. Army to
direct a coordinated research and development program designed to
develop prototype command, control, communications and computer
technologies directly relevant to weapon systems information
technologies.
“I am ecstatic that we have received this highly strategic
contract award. I am pleased that the U.S. Army recognizes the
value of Comtech’s services,” said Fred Kornberg, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.
“Comtech continues our commitment to providing the Army and its
soldiers with the highest level of support.”
BFT2 is the second-generation Army system that provides
Situational Awareness (SA) and Command & Control (C2) messaging
to US Military platforms, and to Coalition Forces designated by the
US Combatant Commands. It uses GPS for Positioning, Navigation, and
network timing, and commercial satellites (L-Band) to exchange both
SA and C2 messages between the platforms.
C5 represents industry and academia brought together to enhance
the U.S. Government’s weapon systems and information technologies
by leveraging the national industrial and academic research and
development bases to advance and expand the nation’s military
technological superiority in the critical fields of Command,
Control, Communications and Computer Technologies.
The Command & Control Technologies group is a leading
provider of mission-critical, highly-mobile C4ISR solutions.
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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