Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, has received a $20.6 million order under its existing $243.5 million BFT contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command. The order is for the 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 allows Comtech to continue to provide support of all existing deployed BFT satellite channels for a six month period, plus the addition of one new channel for a nine-month period.
The order also supports testing of a new version of BFT software, version 6.5, that would enable current BFT users to operate at higher data rates. Comtech has successfully completed U.S. Army sponsored field testing of its BFT-HC ground mobile and aviation transceiver and network solution, meeting or exceeding all BFT-2 specifications. This next-generation transceiver is ready for field deployment, and specifically addresses the U.S. Army warfighters’ challenging mobile environment.
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