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Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has promoted 15-year company veteran Rich Luhrs as president of its Comtech Systems subsidiary within the government solutions segment.
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Comtech Buys General Dynamics’ Next Generation 911 Business, Wins $100M Emergency Comms Tech Contract
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has acquired a General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) business that offered a 9-1-1 emergency communications system to state and local government clients. Comtech said Monday it added 60 employees as a result of the Next Generation 911 acquisition from General Dynamics’ information technology segment and secured a …
Read More »Marine Col. Michael Atcheson Named Comtech C2 Technologies Group President
Michael Atcheson, formerly program director of the international business unit at Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) mission systems sector, has been named president of command and control technologies group at Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL). He succeeds Richard Burt, the group’s acting president who will continue to serve as a senior vice president at …
Read More »Lockheed-Northrop-Comtech Team Integrates Comms Terminal With AEHF Network
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Feb. 13, 2017 — A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) team has integrated and tested a new communications terminal with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency network, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The test works to check the Low Cost Terminal‘s hardware and software …
Read More »Comtech Board Chair Fred Kornberg Returns to CEO Post, Northrop & Harris Vet Michael Galletti Named COO
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has undergone a series of executive and organizational changes that include the appointment of Board Chairman Fred Kornberg to the CEO and president roles he served in between 1976 and 2015. Comtech said Thursday former CEO and President Stanton Sloane will leave the company and also resign from his seat on the …
Read More »Richard Swardh, Jeff Harig, Steve Good Take SVP Roles at Comtech Subsidiary
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has appointed Richard Swardh, Jeff Harig and Steve Good as senior vice presidents for three different vertical market areas at the company’s Comtech EF Data subsidiary. Swardh, Harig and Good will respectively lead the unit’s mobile network operator, government systems and premium enterprise businesses, the company said Thursday. John Branscum, president of Comtech …
Read More »Comtech Completes Estimated $431M Purchase of TCS; Stanton Sloane Comments
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has wrapped up its acquisition of TeleCommunication Systems for approximately $430.8 million in cash. TCS stockholders secured cash of $5.00 per share as the company’s common stock ceased trading on the Nasdaq Global Market at market close Tuesday following the completion of the purchase, Comtech said Tuesday. Comtech …
Read More »Stanton Sloane Appointed Comtech President, CEO; Fred Kornberg Comments
Stanton Sloane, president and CEO of Decision Sciences International Corp., will join Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ: CMTL) as president and CEO by February 2015 and succeed Fred Kornberg. Comtech said Tuesday Kornberg will remain as executive chairman of the board of directors. “Having been a director of Comtech since January 2012 and a long-time and …
Read More »Harris CapRock Orders Comtech Subsidiary’s Comm Infrastructure Tools; Fred Kornberg Comments
Harris CapRock Communications has awarded a $5.4 million order for satellite communications infrastructure tools to a Comtech Telecommunications (NASDAQ: CMTL) subsidiary. Comtech EF Data Corp. booked that initial order in its fiscal quarter ending Jan. 31 as part of a purchasing agreement for VSAT services and radio frequency products with …
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