Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Awarded $1.0 Million Follow-on Contract for Ka-band Airborne SSPA/BUC
May 18 2021 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Comtech’s Falcon Products Are a Leader in
Performance and Features
May 18, 2021-- Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL),
a world leader in secure wireless communications technologies,
announced today that during its third quarter of fiscal 2021, its
Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology,
Inc., was awarded a follow-on order valued at more than $1.0
million for its Falcon 50Ka Solid-State Power Amplifiers (“SSPAs”)
for an In-Flight Connectivity (“IFC”) application. These amplifiers
feature a tri-band Block Upconverter (“BUC”) and are packaged in
ARINC 791 compliant housings.
“IFC applications using our Falcon Ka-band GaN amplifiers enable
travelers to simulate an in-home experience to stay informed,
entertained and connected as they travel. In-flight bandwidth
requirements keep rising as passengers become accustomed to high
bandwidth applications and entertainment wherever they go,” said
Fred Kornberg, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. “Comtech sees significant
opportunity in this growing market and offers a portfolio of
GaN-based products at Ku-band and Ka-band for IFC applications to
keep people connected.”
Comtech Xicom’s Falcon encompasses Ku and Ka frequency bands and
offers high linear power with excellent gain flatness and phase
noise performance to support the latest waveform technologies and
networks. The Ka-band Falcon implements multi-sub-band switching,
gain adjustment, gain equalization, power consumption control, and
cooperative system calibration support such as OpenBMIP.
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, shipboard and airborne mobile applications. Please
visit www.xicomtech.com for more information.
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leader in the global
communications market headquartered in Melville, New York. With a
passion for customer success, Comtech designs, produces and markets
advanced secure wireless solutions to more than 1,000 customers in
more than 100 countries. For more information, please visit
www.comtechtel.com.
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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Product Media Contact: Eric Schmidt, Vice President, Sales
Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc. 408-391-6534
eric.schmidt@xicomtech.com
Corporate Contact: Michael D. Porcelain, President and Chief
Operating Officer Comtech Telecommunications Corp. 631-962-7000
info@comtechtel.com
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