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Comtech Wins $24 Million In Space Agency Orders; $7 Million Follow-On For SATCOM Amplifiers

Friday, March 31st, 2017

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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. [CMTL] was awarded $24 million in multiple orders from an unspecified international space agency to design, develop, and install multiple launch vehicle tracking stations in the South Pacific, the company said Wednesday.The contracts, which go through the company’s command and control technologies group in its government solutions business segment, are set to provide mission support for newly developed launch vehicle technologies. Comtech expects deliveries pursuant to these contracts will substantially occur over the next two years, the…

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