Satnews Daily
September 12th, 2010

Comtech Telecommunications... A Blue Force To Be Reckoned With... (MILCOM)


Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., has received orders totaling $24.9 million under its existing $384.0 million BFT contract with the U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command. The orders are in 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 ensures Comtech's continued support of all existing deployed BFT satellite channels for a six-month period ending in March 2011. The company will also provide test channel services and supporting the command's BRAC related move from Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey, to its new headquarters at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds military base located in Maryland.