A business group within Comtech Telecommunications' (Nasdaq: CMTL) government solutions segment will help the U.S. Army maintain ground satellite stations under a potential $235.7 million contract.
Read More »Comtech Books $236M Army Satellite Equipment Sustainment Contract
A business group within Comtech Telecommunications' (Nasdaq: CMTL) government solutions segment will help the U.S. Army maintain ground satellite stations under a potential $235.7 million contract. Comtech said Tuesday its mission-critical technologies group will refurbish AN/TSC-198 secret and non-secure internet protocol router access point terminals and provide baseband units to …
Read More »Hughes to Provide Satcom Tech for Army UAS Connectivity; Rick Lober Quoted
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has awarded Hughes Network Systems a contract to provide ruggedized modems to support connectivity between U.S. Army-operated unmanned aircraft systems and satellite communications platforms.
Read More »Comtech to Acquire Gilat in $532.5M Cash-and-Stock Deal; Fred Kornberg Quoted
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has agreed to buy Gilat Satellite Networks (Nasdaq: GILT) for $10.25 per share or approximately $532.5M in cash and stock. “The acquisition better positions Comtech to take advantage of key marketplace trends, particularly the growing demand for satellite connectivity and the enormous long-term opportunity set that is emerging in the secure wireless communications market,” said Fred Kornberg, board chairman and CEO of Comtech.
Read More »Comtech Lands Potential $211M Contract to Produce Troposcatter Equipment for Marine Corps
A subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has secured a potential 10-year, $211M contract from Cubic (NYSE: CUB) to manufacture equipment for the U.S. Marine Corps' next-generation tropospheric scatter platform.
Read More »Rich Luhrs Promoted to Comtech Systems President
Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has promoted 15-year company veteran Rich Luhrs as president of its Comtech Systems subsidiary within the government solutions segment.
Read More »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 …
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