Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces $2.8 Million of Orders for High-Power...

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces $2.8 Million of Orders for High-Power
Amplifiers

MELVILLE, N.Y., Nov. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Melville, New York-based
subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., received orders aggregating $2.8 million for
high-power amplifiers addressing the needs of multiple customers for different
applications.

The first order, from a major domestic OEM, requires Comtech's high-power
amplifiers that will be used in a complex Identification Friend or Foe ("IFF")
system to interrogate aircraft and determine their friend or foe status. The
second order, also from a major domestic OEM, is for Comtech's broadband
high-power amplifiers that will be used in a critical defense communications
jamming system for a U.S. military customer.

In commenting on these orders, Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive
Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "These orders clearly
demonstrate our leadership position in providing IFF and communications jamming
technology and the ongoing need for our high-power broadband amplifiers that are
utilized by major defense programs."

Comtech PST Corp. (www.comtechpst.com) is a leading independent supplier of
broadband, high-power, high performance RF microwave amplifiers for use in a
broad spectrum of applications including defense, medical, satellite
communications systems and instrumentation.

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, inefficient or too expensive. The Company
conducts business through three complementary segments: telecommunications
transmission, RF microwave amplifiers and mobile data communications. 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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