European Systems integrator has awarded $1.1 million contract to Comtech Telecommunications’ (News - Alert) Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp.

The contract is for satellite communications ground equipment, which according to Comtech will be utilized by a European Ministry of Defense to upgrade satellite earth stations.

This European Systems integrator specifically asked for the DMD20 Universal Satellite Modems, which are extremely flexible featuring a range of options to support virtually all applications.

Comtech’s DMD20 modems include Low Density Parity Check Code forward error correction plus 8-QAM and 16-QAM modulation for enhanced bandwidth efficiencies.

Moreover, these modems also support IDR, IBS and DVB standards, cover data rates up to 20 Mbps and are packaged in a single rack unit platform.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. Its subsidiary Comtech EF Data Corp. manufactures a broad spectrum of satellite earth station communications products that meet or exceed the standards published by worldwide and regional satellite networks.

"These Comtech modems were selected by this foreign MOD based on our advanced technologies, bandwidth efficiencies and field-proven performance," said Fred Kornberg (News - Alert), president and chief executive officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

Read a related article at TMCnet “Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Receives $16.6 Million of Orders to Support the U.S. Army's Movement Tracking System and Blue-Force Tracking-1 Programs.”

Recently, Comtech Telecommunications’ Maryland-based subsidiary, Comtech Mobile Datacom (News - Alert) received multiple orders totaling $16.6 million.

Placed under the auspices of the BFT program office, these orders will support the U.S. Army's Movement Tracking System ("MTS (News - Alert)") and Blue-Force Tracking-1 ("BFT-1") programs.

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