Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $6.0 Million of Movement Tracking System...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $6.0 Million of Movement Tracking
System Orders for Satellite Network Bandwidth, Network Operations, Program
Management, and Technical Support

MELVILLE, N.Y., May 27, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech
Mobile Datacom Corporation, received orders totaling $6.0 million under its
Movement Tracking System, or MTS contract, with the U.S. Army. Total orders
received to date against the $605.1 million MTS contract increased to $535.2
million.

The orders are for the supply of satellite network operations management,
program management, installation, training and technical support services. The
orders are in support of ongoing MTS program activities in the United States and
abroad.

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., said, "These orders illustrate the continued
importance of Comtech's services in providing turn-key satellite tracking and
communication systems for the U.S. Army's MTS Program through our satellite
network operations management, program management, and technical support
services. We look forward to supporting the future communication requirements of
the MTS Program and other critical Department of Defense programs."

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, a Germantown, Maryland-based company, is
engaged in the provision of satellite-based packet data communication systems
and location and messaging services through the use of advanced communication
and network technology. To learn more about Comtech Mobile Datacom, please visit
the company's website at www.comtechmobile.com.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets
innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions.
The Company believes many of its solutions play a vital role in providing or
enhancing communication capabilities when terrestrial communications
infrastructure is unavailable or ineffective. The Company conducts business
through three complementary segments: telecommunications transmission, mobile
data communications and RF microwave amplifiers. The Company sells products to a
diverse customer base in the global commercial and government communications
markets. The Company believes it is a market leader in the market segments that
it serves.

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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