We are a leading provider of advanced communications solutions for both commercial
and government customers worldwide. Our solutions fulfill our customers’
needs for secure wireless communications in some of the most demanding environments,
including those where traditional communications are unavailable or cost-prohibitive,
and in mission-critical scenarios where performance is crucial.
We believe Comtech is well positioned to capitalize on some of the most significant
emerging technology trends occurring worldwide and that customers around the
world will increasingly turn to us to fulfill their needs for secure wireless
communications in some of the most demanding environments, including those where
traditional communications are unavailable or cost-prohibitive, and in mission-critical
scenarios where performance is crucial. These important emerging technology
trends include growth in global wireless penetration and mobile data consumption,
proliferation of mobile applications requiring trusted location data, the need
for public safety agencies to seamlessly connect individuals with first responders,
widespread deployment of in-flight connectivity solutions by airlines worldwide,
and the rapidly expanding breadth of High Definition ("HD") and 4K
broadcasting content, all of which we believe will result in an increase in
global voice, video and data usage that will, in turn, result in increased demand
for the secure wireless and satellite communication solutions that we provide.
Commercial Solutions Segment
Communication Technologies - We believe we are the leading provider of Single
Channel per Carrier ("SCPC") satellite earth station modems. Many
of our key satellite earth station products incorporate Turbo Product Code ("TPC")
forward error correction technology and our licensed DoubleTalk® Carrier-in-Carrier®
bandwidth compression technology which enables our customers to optimize their
satellite networks by either reducing their satellite transponder lease costs
or increasing data throughput. We believe we are a leader in the traveling wave
tube amplifiers ("TWTA") market and we differentiate our product offerings
by our ability to develop the most efficient size, weight and power profile.
Our TWTA products are vital to satellite communication applications such as
traditional broadcast, direct-to-home ("DTH") broadcast and satellite
newsgathering. We provide solid-state amplifiers that are also used to amplify
signals carrying voice, video or data for air-to-satellite-to-ground communications.
For example, our amplifiers, when incorporated into an aircraft satellite communication
system, can provide passengers with email, Internet access and video conferencing.
Certain of our high-powered amplifiers are AS-900 (an airborne quality standard)
certified. We believe we are a leader in providing amplifiers for the growing
in-flight connectivity market.
Safety and Security Technologies - We believe that we are a leader in public
safety communication technologies used for delivery of 911 calls. We believe
we have significant market share in the routing of U.S. wireless 911 calls,
Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") 911 calls and Text to 911 deployments.
We believe we are one of two companies fulfilling the Federal Communications
Commission ("FCC") requirements for Enhanced 911 ("E911")
call-routing to public safety answering points ("PSAPs") for wireless
and VoIP network operators. E911 refers to 911 calls for both wireline and wireless
telephones that are enhanced to provide location information of the caller.
We are focusing our marketing and research and development efforts to meet system
standards for next generation 911 ("NG911"), which refers to an Internet
Protocol ("IP") based system that allows digital information (e.g.,
voice, photos, videos, text messages) to flow seamlessly from the public, through
the 911 network and on to emergency responders.
Enterprise Technologies - Our Short-Messaging Service ("SMS") Center
software has been used by wireless carrier subscribers to send and receive text
or data messages to and from wireless devices for almost two decades. We provide
ongoing operational support for our installed base of systems, including administration
of system components, system optimization and configuration management. Our
systems include our Location Trust Score technology, a unique process we developed
to reliably identify a mobile location by generating a "Location Trust
Score." Additionally, we offer Location Studio TM, a complete end-to-end
location-based services platform for mobile carriers, application developers
and enterprises. The platform consists of multiple modular technology suites
that provide a rich set of functionalities, including indoor and outdoor positioning,
geolocation, mapping, search, routing, navigation, real-time message updates
and analytics. This platform includes Look4TM geo-services which enable customers
to build their own applications powered by our location-based technology and
a cloud-based positioning engine. We believe the positioning of Location StudioTM
is unique in the industry and is an appealing alternative to free consumer-based
mapping services which are subject to change by the supplier and which may not
meet an enterprise’s privacy and security requirements.
Government Solutions Segment
Command and Control Technologies - We are a key supplier to the U.S. Army for
mission critical command and control technology solutions and field support
services. We are a prime contractor under several indefinite delivery, indefinite
quantity ("IDIQ") defense contract vehicles or task orders, including
the: (i) Army’s Global Tactical Advanced Communications Systems ("GTACS")
contract, (ii) Defense Information Systems Agency’s Custom SATCOM Solutions
("CS2") contract and (iii) Complex Commercial SATCOM Solutions ("CS3")
contract from the General Services Administration. We also provide the U.S.
Department of Defense ("DoD") personnel with curriculum development
and training services to support cybersecurity workforce development. We currently
provide sustainment services to the U.S. Army’s AN/TSC-198 family of communication
systems that are commonly referred to as "SNAP" (Secret Internet Protocol
Router ("SIPR") and Non-secure Internet Protocol Router ("NIPR")
Access Point) Very Small Aperture Terminals ("VSATs"). Additionally,
we continue to work with the U.S. Army to deploy our next generation MT-2025
mobile satellite transceivers, which are also known as the Blue Force Tracker-2
High Capacity ("BFT-2-HC") satellite transceivers. The MT-2025 transceivers
meet BFT-2 protocols, provide best-in-class reliability and are fully backward
compatible with the Blue Force Tracking-1 ("BFT-1") system. Comtech
previously shipped over 100,000 BFT-1 mobile satellite transceivers and currently
provides sustaining support for the older BFT-1 system.
Troposcatter Technologies - We have designed, manufactured and sold over-the-horizon
microwave products and systems for approximately forty years and believe we
are the leading supplier in this specialized product market. We believe we offer
the only available adaptive troposcatter modem operating at 50 Mbps. Our Modular
Tactical Transmission System ("MTTS") provides a high capacity, beyond-line-of-sight
modular communications system designed for easy and rapid deployment. Our MTTS
also offers seamless compatibility and interoperability with legacy-fielded
troposcatter systems currently used by the U.S. military, including all versions
of the AN/TRC-170.
RF Power & Switching Technologies - We are one of the largest independent
suppliers of broadband, high-power, high-performance RF microwave amplifiers,
which reproduce signals with high power and are extremely complex and critical
to the performance of the systems into which they are incorporated. Many of
these amplifiers are produced in-house by large companies; however, our expertise
has created a cost-effective and technologically superior alternative to in-house
sourcing. Some of the companies who have outsourced amplifier production to
us include Rockwell Collins, Inc., Thales Group, European Aeronautic Defense
and Space Company ("EADS"), Telephonics Corporation, Northrop Grumman
Corporation, BAE Systems PLC and Raytheon Company. Our amplifiers are also used
in oncology treatment systems that allow physicians to give cancer patients
higher doses of radiation that are more closely focused on cancerous tissue,
thereby minimizing damage to healthy tissue.
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