Tag Archives: Comtech Telecommunications

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.

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.

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.

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL) has promoted 15-year company veteran Rich Luhrs as president of its Comtech Systems subsidiary within the government solutions segment.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …