Comtech Telecommunications Awarded Contract for Satellite Communications Program.

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MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 6, 2001

Comtech Telecommunications (Nasdaq: CMTL):

- Bahamas Telecommunications Corp. Is Customer

- Total Contracts Under Program Could Exceed $1 Million

- Transportable Terminal Will Provide Emergency Communications

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Nasdaq: CMTL) today announced that it has received a $680,000 contract for the first phase of work on a satellite communications program that will provide emergency communications from anywhere in the Bahamas island chain.

The contract, the first awarded in a project that is expected to have a second phase and total more than $1 million, was awarded by the Bahamas Telecommunications Corporation (Batelco) to the Orlando-based Comtech Systems segment of Comtech Telecommunications. Under it, the company will:

- Engineer and manufacture and provide an upgrade of Batelco's

existing fixed satellite station in Nassau, The Bahamas.

- Provide a high-capacity, transportable satellite terminal for

emergency communications anywhere in the Bahamas.

The contract calls for delivery and activation of the new equipment within 60 days, so that it will be ready for use in the approaching hurricane season.

Fred Kornberg, chairman and president of Comtech Telecommunications, noted that although this is the first satellite earth station contract awarded to the company by Batelco, the two organizations have long experience in working together on over-the-horizon microwave communications projects.

"Batelco's experience with Comtech was an important element in our success in winning this new contract," Mr. Kornberg said. "They know we have done a good job for them in the past, and they know we can do this job right, too - and get it done on time."

Richard Burt, president of Comtech Systems, said the Batelco contract is the latest result of the company's decision two years ago to pursue a bigger presence in the satellite communications market. "This is an example of our ability to win new business in special situations where our capabilities give us a competitive edge," Mr. Burt said. "In this case that competitive edge was our proven ability to provide high quality on a tight, challenging schedule."

Comtech Systems, Inc., (www.comtechsystems.com) an Orlando, Florida based company, specializes in system design, integration, supply and commissioning of turnkey communication systems including satellite, over-the-horizon and line of site microwave systems.

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (www.comtechtel.com) is an innovative player in the domestic and global high-technology markets. Through its operating units, Comtech pursues opportunities in three interrelated market segments: telecommunications transmission, RF microwave amplifiers, and mobile data communications services. In each of these segments, growth is driven by increasing demand for telecommunications infrastructure and network and messaging services. The company's specialties include the design and manufacture advanced products and networks used for transmission of voice, data and video using satellite, over-the-horizon microwave, terrestrial line of sight and other wireless communications systems. More than 275 distinct Comtech products are in service in more than 100 countries.

Certain information contained herein contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, information relating to the future performance and financial condition of the Company, the plans and objectives of the Company's management and the Company's assumptions regarding such performance and plans that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking information. Included among the factors which might cause such results to differ are: among others, the Company's mobile data communications business being in a developmental stage; our inability to keep pace with rapid technological changes; the highly competitive nature of our markets; our dependence on international sales; and other risk factors detailed in the company's Form 10-K and other cautionary statements contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.