Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives an Order Valued in Excess of $2.5M for Industry-Leading Satellite Power Amplifiers

Oct 7, 2010

Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., received an order valued in excess of $2.5M for state-of-the-art 500W Ka-band high power amplifiers supporting the emerging high-throughput satellite market.

These 500W amplifiers feature high linear power and are operational at high ambient temperatures.

Fred Kornberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Comtech, stated, "With emerging broadband satellite services designed around a new generation of high-throughput satellites, we have seen a surge in demand for the high power Ka-band amplifiers that uplink these broadband interactive services and video broadcasts. We have been working with our customers and vendors over the past two years to develop a high reliability 500W product, and we are particularly honored to have been selected for this important new Ka-band application."

Comtech Xicom Technology, Inc., a world leader in high-power amplifiers, manufactures a wide variety of tube-based and solid-state power amplifiers for military and commercial satellite uplink applications. The product range encompasses power levels from 8 W to 3 kW, with frequency coverage in sub-bands within the 2 GHz to 45 GHz spectrum. Amplifiers are available for fixed and ground-based, ship-board, and airborne mobile applications. Please visit www.xicomtech.com for more information.