[October 24, 2014]

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $1.5 Million High-Power Traveling Wave Tube Amplifier Contract

October 24, 2014--Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Santa Clara, California-based subsidiary, Comtech Xicom (News - Alert) Technology Inc., has received an award for $1.5 million to supply high-power millimeter-wave traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) from a U.S. government customer. The Comtech Xicom TWTA is a rugged outdoor amplifier and will be used in fixed and transportable satellite links for strategic military communications.

Fred Kornberg (News - Alert), President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "Comtech Xicom continues to lead the way in high-power millimeter-wave amplifier technology. We offer a broad spectrum of indoor and outdoor millimeter-wave products, from 10Watts to more than 500Watts at Ka and Q-band. Many military users and commercial integrators choose our products for their satellite communications needs."

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 45 GHz spectrum. Amplifiers are available for fixed and ground-based, ship-board, and airborne mobile applications. Please visit www.xicomtech.com for more information.

Comtech Telecommunications (News - Alert) 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 leader in most of 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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