17:18 GMT, November 17, 2009 MELVILLE, N.Y. | Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) announced today that its Melville, New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST Corp., has received $2.1 million of orders from a domestic prime contractor to develop and manufacture next generation, solid-state, high-power radio signal jamming amplifiers.

These amplifiers, which include the very latest solid-state transistor and switch technology and provide for very broad frequency coverage, will be key components in airborne and ground based jamming systems manufactured by our customer.

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said, "We are very proud of our long-standing relationship with this premiere supplier of electronic warfare systems to the U.S. Department of Defense. These orders are evidence of our well established technology leadership position with this customer. We look forward to the opportunity to develop these products and manufacture them in high volume in the future."