The order provides partial funding for the continued supply of satellite bandwidth, satellite network operations, engineering services, and program management support through December 2011.

This order was placed under Comtech’s existing $384.0 million Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) to support the MTS program which has now been consolidated under its direction. Comtech previously supported the MTS program under a separate $899.1 million contract that expired on July 12.

            In a statement, Comtech CEO Fred Kornberg said he anticipates that the value of this order will increase based on final negotiations with the U.S. Army. The company’s current orders received to-date under the $384.0 million BFT-1 contract total $343.9 million.