Satnews Daily
December 11th, 2019

Comtech Xicom Technology's $1.3 Million U.S. Army TWTA Order


Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) has revealed that during, the second quarter of fiscal 2020, the firm's 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 SATCOM application.

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

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, that the company continues with full support for this important Military Communications program with these industry-leading Ka-band TWTAs. The amplifiers enable worldwide satellite communications for U.S. Army personnel and are designed for difficult environmental conditions in ground-mobile applications.