Comtech Telecommunications, which designs, develops, produces and markets products, systems and services for communications solutions, announced that its New York-based subsidiary, Comtech PST, won orders worth $1.7 million from a domestic prime contractor.

The order is to develop and manufacture next generation, solid-state, high-power radio signal jamming amplifiers and switches. These products include the latest solid-state transistor and switch technology. These next generation products are expected to offer broad frequency coverage and will be key components in ground based jamming systems manufactured by our customer.

“We are very proud of our long-standing relationship with this premier supplier of electronic warfare systems to the U.S. Department of Defense,” said Fred Kornberg (News - Alert), president and chief executive officer of Comtech Telecommunications, in a statement. “These orders are evidence of our well established technology leadership position with this customer.”

Comtech PST supplies broadband, high-power, high performance RF microwave amplifiers for use in a broad spectrum of applications including defense, medical, satellite communications systems and instrumentation.

Comtech Telecommunications (News - Alert) conducts business through three segments including telecom transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers. The company sells products to a diverse customer base in the global commercial and government communications markets.

Recently, Comtech Telecommunications announced that its subsidiary, Comtech Xicom Technology, received $1 million order from the U.S. Navy for high-power amplifiers. The order is part of an expansion of an existing contract. The order includes a broad spectrum of new units and repairs for U.S. Navy satellite communications systems.