Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Comtech) operates as a global provider of next-generation 911 emergency systems (‘NG-911’) and secure wireless and satellite communications technologies.
The company provides critical communications infrastructure technology and solutions to customers around the world. The company serves two core end-markets: secure satellite and wireless communications via its Satellite and Space Communications segment, and next-generation 911 and public safety via its Terrest...
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (Comtech) operates as a global provider of next-generation 911 emergency systems (‘NG-911’) and secure wireless and satellite communications technologies.
The company provides critical communications infrastructure technology and solutions to customers around the world. The company serves two core end-markets: secure satellite and wireless communications via its Satellite and Space Communications segment, and next-generation 911 and public safety via its Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment. In both cases, the company is the forefront of the technologies that solve extraordinarily complex communications problems – whether it’s a 911 call captured, routed, and data-enhanced to optimize the public safety result in situations where every second matters, or providing communications infrastructure that ensures people, businesses, and governments can connect anywhere on earth, under any conditions – including on the battlefield.
The Satellite and Space Communications segment secured competitive contracts on next-generation modem platforms with government customers, such as the Enterprise Digital Intermediate Frequency Multi-Carrier (EDIM) modem contract with the U.S. Army and a sole-source follow-on contract to support the U.S. Air Force and Army Anti-Jam Modem (A3M) initiative. The company concluded a significant product R&D cycle, culminating with the launch in September 2024 of its new Digital Common Ground (DCG) portfolio of modems, which will provide its Satellite and Space Communications segment with a significant technology advantage. The DCG family of products are expected to provide the company’s customers with truly next-generation capabilities, including software defined, virtualized communications networks.
Additionally, over the course of fiscal 2024, the company continued to review its operations, streamlining under-performing legacy products, lines of business and/or legacy growth initiatives.
For example, in November 2023, the company announced the divestiture of its Power Systems Technology solid-state power amplifier product line to Stellant Systems, Inc. More recently, the company re-evaluated its operations at its Basingstoke facility in the U.K. and determined the path to profitable operations was both unclear and expensive. As a result, the company made the decision to exit this product line.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment underwent a transformation of its own in fiscal 2024. The segment also delivered a strong win rate for major public safety projects, as evidenced through more than doubling year-over-year bookings of orders for next-generation solutions. The Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment recorded multiple key wins, including multi-year renewals for maintenance of NG-911 systems with longstanding customers, such as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the State of Washington and the North Central Texas Emergency Communications District.
Business Segments
The company operates two core businesses: Satellite and Space Communications, and Terrestrial and Wireless Networks, each of which are serving end markets themselves undergoing a period of long-term growth, reinvestment and rapid technological change.
Satellite and Space Communications segment is one of a limited number of U.S.-based providers of modems and high-power amplifiers, a market leader in troposcatter technologies, and serves some of the world’s largest defense contractors and allied foreign governments, as well as multiple U.S. government agencies, including branches of the U.S. Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and U.S. Space Force (USSF), among others.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment is a leading provider of next generation 911 (NG-911) infrastructure and solutions for state and local governments and carriers.
Satellite and Space Communications segment
Satellite and Space Communications segment designs, builds and supports a variety of sophisticated communications equipment critical to modern communications infrastructures. The company is one of a limited number of the U.S.-based providers of modems and high-power amplifiers, and a market leader in troposcatter technologies. The company’s Satellite and Space Communications segment has an innovative portfolio of these mission-critical technologies and serves some of the world’s largest defense contractors and allied foreign governments, as well as multiple the U.S. government agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense.
The Satellite and Space Communications segment operates in large and growing end markets that benefit from multiple tailwinds and demand-drivers, including growing global geopolitical tensions, rising global defense spending, and high barriers to entry. Further, these end markets are undergoing technology upgrade cycles and modernization initiatives that are expected to underpin demand for years to come. Fueling these cycles are the USSF’s Commercial Space Strategy and the DoD’s Joint All Domain Command and Control approach, which are expected to generate strong demand for the Satellite and Space Communications business’ next-generation digital solutions. Only a limited number of companies, including Comtech, can serve the complex needs of the U.S. and other governments and meet this demand.
Satellite and Space Communications segment is organized into four categories: satellite modem and amplifier technologies, troposcatter technologies, government services and space components.
Satellite Modem and Amplifier Technologies
The company is a leading provider of satellite earth station modems, solid-state amplifiers and traveling wave tube amplifiers. Many of the company’s key satellite earth station modems incorporate forward error correction and bandwidth compression technologies, which enable its customers to optimize their satellite networks by either reducing their satellite transponder lease costs or increasing data throughput. The company holds strong positions in the market for high-throughput modems used in cellular backhaul, a market that has been rapidly growing due to increased mobile device usage and increasing data throughput demands from LTE and 5G deployments worldwide.
An increasing area of focus for many governments, including the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and several coalition partners, is maturing satellite communications. Many of the company’s satellite communications products have been tested and certified for use by the U.S. and coalition military satellite communications (MILSATCOM) assets, such as the Wideband Global SATCOM constellation. This provides the company the opportunity to capture the increased demand for MILSATCOM programs.
In September 2024, the company announced the launch of its new Digital Common Ground (DCG) portfolio of modems, designed to enable the U.S. DoD and coalition partners to move to digitized, hybrid satellite network architectures. Built on the company’s proven satellite communications (SATCOM) modem portfolio, its DCG modems are designed and built at Comtech’s headquarters in Chandler, AZ and supports commercial and government satellite operations on a single common platform that can be reconfigured rapidly to address changing operational needs.
The company’s DCG portfolio is one of the first product lines on the market offering robust access to multi-orbit capabilities across commercial and purpose-built networks. The DCG product line is also one of the first to be Digital Intermediate Frequency Interoperability (DIFI) compliant, adhering to DoD and coalition communications standards to enable seamless information flow between services, a key tenet of Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control (CJADC2). The DCG product line offers industry leading performance, through multi-gigabit throughput at launch. In addition, the company incorporates modern cybersecurity design principles at every level across its DCG product line, ranging from a trusted supply chain to a thoughtful software upgrade lifecycle, including in-field updates.
The company also provides rugged, highly efficient, and reliable amplifiers for commercial and military applications around the world. These high-power amplifiers (HPAs) are used in critical communications links on the ground, in the air and on the sea; they support fixed traditional and direct-to-home broadcast, mobile news gathering, transportable and flyaway systems, secure high data rate communications, and broadband access over SATCOM. These products include configurations that are formally qualified for use on aircraft and being installed as both retrofit and linefit initiatives.
Troposcatter Technologies
The company is a world leader in the design and supply of troposcatter equipment. The company has designed, manufactured, and delivered troposcatter systems for well over fifty years. The company has significantly advanced the capabilities of its Troposcatter Family of Systems (FoS): delivers a next-generation, software-defined solution that represents a thousand-fold performance increase over prior generations of equipment.
Over the recent past, the company’s next-generation Troposcatter terminals have been chosen by the U.S. Army, the Marines and defense organizations overseas to support the tactical communications requirements of its allies. While its traditional buyer is military, advances in mobility and performance expand the company’s end markets to include new customers. Key industry verticals the company is seeking to sell into include oil and gas, utility, marine and rail uses.
Government Services
The company provides training and field support for multiple U.S. government agencies across an array of programs. These are typically long-term, multi-million dollar contracts, and examples include: Comtech as sole award winner of a 5-year, $544.0 million Global Field Service Representative (GFSR) contract with the U.S. Army to provide onsite professional engineering services, as well as supply and support communications technologies (it note that this contract is under protest by the incumbent); Comtech as sole award winner of a 5-year, $125.0 million contract to provide complex cybersecurity operations training for U.S. government customers; and Comtech as one of multiple awardees of a large multi-year Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems II (GTACS II) contract with the U.S. Army to support Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite systems and related services.
Space Components and Antennas
The company is a global supplier of high-reliability products and supply chain management and engineering services, supporting selection of space-qualified parts for satellite and launch vehicle tracking solutions geared for critical U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) programs, as well as several international space and defense agencies. The company’s engineers are not only involved in the design of products, but its technical team is heavily involved with the customer development of electronic parts and testing specifications to assure capability, reliability and radiation tolerance to specific mission/project requirements both as an individual service and for Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical (EEE) parts supplied to its customers. The company also leads and conducts failure analysis investigations and assist with manufacturing and test problems at the source and support reporting and selloff with the customer and its prime (such as the Japanese Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) and NASA). The company’s quality engineering team assures that the product received from its suppliers and test facilities are compliant to their respective specifications prior to shipment to its end customers. The company’s service offerings have been expanded to include kitting to customer bill of materials with direct shipments to customer designated contract manufacturers.
Within the satellite communications market, the company is a leading provider of components that support the mission requirements of LEO, MEO and GEO satellite communication and tracking requirements, offering a host of high-performance single-band and multi-band feed solutions. The company also supplies maritime antenna solutions that are fielded by foreign governments.
Satellite and Space Communications: Key Markets and Growth Drivers
The Satellite and Space Communications segment operates in large and growing end markets that benefit from multiple tailwinds, including technology upgrade cycles and modernization initiatives that are expected to underpin demand for years to come. The need for more communications infrastructure from governments and enterprise alike is expected to increase as larger constellations of satellites are deployed, connected devices and end-points proliferate, and elevated geopolitical tensions persist and re-prioritize government agency and defense spending. Examples of end-market applications that are driving long-term demand for the company’s communication technologies include:
Government and Military Satellite Communications: Government users rely on high-speed connectivity in a variety of conditions throughout the world to provide real time information sharing, including Situational Awareness (SA), dissemination of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (“ISR”) information, and communications. The company communications solutions provide command and control and satellite networking capabilities that support the U.S. and allied government initiatives for assured and resilient communications capabilities, as well as supporting interoperability objectives, including the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) efforts.
New LEO, MEO and HTS Satellites: Thousands of new satellites are reportedly in orbit or being launched over the next several years, according to announcements by companies including Telesat Lightspeed, Eutelsat, OneWeb, SpaceX Starlink, Amazon Kuiper and Viasat, which the company will lead to increasingly complex satellite networks. As service providers work to offer connectivity to these high-speed, high-bandwidth satellites and expand their networks to handle the demand for new LEO, MEO and HTS applications, the company’s ELEVATE, Heights and UHP networking platforms, and its solid-state amplifiers will ultimately be incorporated into many new installations and equipment upgrades. The company continues to provide modems and amplifiers to existing LEO and MEO communications satellite providers and expect to see growth in imaging satellites alongside commercial imaging constellations, including conventional, thermal and hyperspectral.
Satellite-Based Cellular Backhaul: The company is well positioned to serve the high-performance, high availability needs of satellite-based cellular backhaul through sales of its SCPC and TDMA satellite modems as well as its Heights, ELEVATE and UHP networking platforms.
Troposcatter Family of Systems: U.S. and allied defense strategies are shifting focus to threats from organized, better equipped and higher technology adversaries, placing a premium on sophisticated communications technology from trusted, onshore providers. Comtech’s Troposcatter Family of Systems (FoS) delivers a next-generation, software-defined solution that represents a thousand-fold performance increase over prior generations of equipment. Further, constant innovation means Comtech’s latest generation of equipment can be packed into two small cases, offering significant mobility improvements. The company’s next-generation troposcatter terminals have been chosen by the U.S. Army, the U.S. Marines and defense organizations overseas to support the tactical communications requirements of its allies. Additionally, the companysees multiple opportunities for non-defense applications, including oil and gas, utility, marine and rail industry use.
Satellite and Space Communications: Customer Base
The company’s customer base for the Satellite and Space Communications segment comprises numerous governments and companies worldwide with whom it has longstanding relationships, including leading system and network suppliers in the global satellite, mobile cellular, defense, broadcast and aerospace industries, as well as the U.S. federal government (including the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and Navy), the U.S. state and local governments and allied foreign governments. Approximately 55.4% of the segment’s sales are derived from the U.S. government and related agency contracts. Representative customer categories include:
The U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, prime contractors to the U.S. Armed Forces, NATO and foreign governments (i.e., ministries of defense)
Domestic and international defense customers, as well as prime contractors and system suppliers, such as General Dynamics Corporation, Lockheed Martin Corporation, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Northrop Grumman Corporation, Raytheon Technologies Corporation, The Boeing Company and ViaSat Inc.
Commercial end-customers also include Claro Argentina, Intelsat S.A., JAXA, NASA, SED Systems (a division of Calian Ltd.), SES S.A. and Speedcast International Limited.
Satellite systems integrators, wireless and other communication service providers, and broadcasters, such as DIRECTTV Group.
Aviation industry system integrators, such as Collins Aerospace, an RTX Business.
Oil companies, such as Shell Oil Company and PETRONAS.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment is a leading provider of next generation 911 (NG-911) infrastructure and solutions for state and local governments and carriers. From the moment a 911 call is made, Comtech provides highly reliable solutions that contribute to emergency calls being processed instantly, with proper routing to first responders. The company’s solutions include feature-rich data sets (such as: precise location information, route optimization, text messaging, photos and real-time video), putting first responders in the best possible position to make decisions when every second counts. The company’s customers are the businesses, communities and governments that need to implement and improve 911 infrastructure in the U.S., as well as MNOs in the U.S. and abroad that have a need to determine subscriber location within a network or to facilitate messaging services. According to Frost & Sullivan, a leading third-party research firm, it was the second leading NG-911 primary contract holder at year-end 2023, with an estimated market share of 22.1% and a population coverage of nearly 60 million. The company has primary statewide contracts in Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Washington. The company holds direct contracts in counties in Texas and Missouri (St. Louis County). As such, the company is a leader in public safety communication and location technologies.
On October 17, 2024, the company announced that it is executing a strategy to transform Comtech into a pure-play satellite and space communications company. Ongoing and future actions supporting the company’s transformation strategy include an exploration of strategic alternatives for its Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment, which is well underway.
The Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment is organized into three service areas: next generation 911 and call delivery, Solacom call handling solutions and trusted location and messaging solutions.
Next Generation 911 and Call Delivery
In addition to 911 call routing, the company provides systems integration, geospatial location information, satellite and location infrastructure terminals, and linkage to NG-911 Emergency Services IP Networks (ESInet). The company also offers what are best-in-class 911 call handling solutions under the Solacom brand name. State and local governments need to upgrade existing legacy networks, location technologies, and call handling systems to modern NG-911 systems infrastructure, including 911 text messaging services, advanced data, real-time photos, and other types of information sharing over IP networks.
Many of the company’s technologies, such as positioning, mapping and text messaging are embedded in its public safety and location offerings to help address mapping, routing and geolocations. The company’s solutions address Federal Communications Commission (FCC) mandates for emergency services as they relate to location delivery by supporting precise caller location. The company’s text messaging platforms are used by wireless carriers to provide short messaging services (SMS) to their end-customers, as well as being used to communicate with 911 public safety answering points (PSAPs).
Solacom Call Handling Solutions
Solacom Guardian is the company’s state-of-the-art call handling solution, which provides an integrated call and text-to-and-from 911 solution on a unified platform. The solution provides a flexible user interface, adapts to varying customer environments and preferences, provides powerful call conferencing capabilities, enhanced reporting capabilities and offers geospatial 911 location call display directly from a customized map. Because of its advanced features, it allows the company to offer an immediate upgrade path to existing and new customers and has expanded its presence in the public safety solutions market with more than 700 PSAPs and emergency call centers installed in 5 countries.
The Guardian platform includes an integrated cloud-based texting solution (Guardian Messenger) which provides call takers / dispatchers with the ability to collect, process and share previously unavailable live incident information, such as text, photos, and video via SMS and multimedia messaging services (MMS), from one integrated desktop. The Guardian platform also offers a cloud-based reporting and analytics solution (Guardian Insights), designed to assist emergency call center directors to know their operations, so they can better plan and manage resources and workloads.
The company is investing in product enhancements for its Guardian platform, which include additional cloud-based capabilities, analytics, and cyber security solutions. The company has significantly increased its 911-as-a-Service (911aaS) offering, deploying hosted 911 call centers solutions across numerous states and regions in the U.S. and provinces in Canada, starting with locations where it has existing NG-911 networks.
Trusted Location and Messaging Solutions
The company’s location technology solutions enable the determination of a mobile device’s geospatial position in a variety of environments, leveraging a wide range of signals, including Global Positioning System (GPS), Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) and multiple cellular positioning technologies ranging from 2G through 5G mobile networks. For its installed base of systems, the company provides ongoing operational support, including administration of system components, system optimization, configuration management and maintenance services, including tracking customer support issues, troubleshooting and developing and installing maintenance releases.
The company’s Location Studio platform enables customers, particularly public safety agencies, to build their own applications with end-user functionality, such as maps, search, geocoding, routing, and navigation, using their own brand. The Location Studio platform is a complete end-to-end location application consisting of maps, map data, including the company’s Trusted OpenStreetMap (TOSM) geo-services, application program interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs) enabling public safety ecosystems and enterprises to customize unique mapping applications. Map data includes positioning, search, enhanced local content, custom maps, navigation, geo-fencing, tracking integrated with third party data sources like camera feeds and IoT sensor data via cross-platform APIs and SDKs supporting all leading operating systems.
The company recently began marketing SmartResponse, a newly developed cloud-based solution that offers a common operational picture to PSAPs and first responders, enabling an effective data-driven response for security agencies and first responders by providing a holistic information environment for them. This new solution offers streaming live feeds from traffic cameras at and near incident location, and accesses caller information like past residences, criminal history, or next-of-kin information at the tap of a button. Offering a bird's-eye view of integrated data, the SmartResponse solution empowers first responders to ensure appropriate resources are on the scene and to better serve the public in emergency situations.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks: Key Markets and Growth Drivers
The company is a provider of modern public safety and location technologies. The company’s next generation solutions enable rich, multimedia information to be delivered alongside 911 calls. Also, the company’s E-911 and NG-911 call routing solutions allow cellular carriers and voice over the Internet (VoIP) carriers, as well as legacy telecommunications carriers, to deliver emergency calls to public safety emergency call centers nationwide. When someone places an emergency call, the company’s technologies identify the call as an emergency call, access the user’s location information from the wireless or VoIP networks and location databases, and route the call to the assigned public safety jurisdiction. The company provides public safety and location technologies to many U.S. telecommunication carriers, the largest being Verizon (for which it provides 911 call routing via cellular service). The company services a significant portion of the carrier market for 911 cellular call routing applications, along with one other leading competitor.
In addition to its growth in core 911 services, the expected expansion of 988 networks in fiscal 2025 and beyond across the United States is expected to have a positive impact on the company’s business. 988 services provide free and confidential support for people in distress, suicide prevention and crisis resources. The company is uniquely positioned to expand its 911 services into 988 services and help mitigate some of the core challenges the network is experiencing with area code specific call routing. By connecting the 988 services with its proven 911 infrastructure, location services critical to dispatch personnel can be improved for 988 exponentially.
Examples of end-market applications that are driving long-term demand for the company’s Terrestrial and Wireless Networks technologies include:
The company’s XyPoint Mobile Location Platform: Provided to MNOs globally, the company’s virtualized location-based services (LBS) platform is a high availability robust solution with multiple positioning technologies, that allows authorized users to locate and track specific mobile devices and monitor specific areas of interest. MNOs can use this platform for location accuracy to support a wide variety of use cases, including public safety, location intelligence, network optimization and big data analytics. On the legacy front, the company’s LBS platform is compatible within 2G through 4G wireless networks, as well as an enabler to the MNOs to seamlessly migrate to cloud native environments, as they progress their migrations to 5G.
Comtech INSIGHTS LightSource: Provides first responders a reporting and analytics platform for the rich data created in Comtech’s NG-911 core systems. Authorized users at state, regional, and jurisdiction organizations can see reports and analysis of call, behavior, and location characteristics in both time and geospatial visualizations. Users are able to interact directly with the visualization in real time to focus on desired characteristics to include timeframes, call types, media types, and other information. Authorized users can also schedule reports for automatic delivery via email.
Comtech INSIGHTS SmartResponse: Provides first responders of all types (fire, police, medical, state, regional emergency communications centers, dispatch centers, emergency management agencies, fusion cells, intelligence centers, etc.) access to real-time 911 call information and related supplemental information for situational awareness in a geospatial, mapped context. Authorized users can view 911 calls and emergency response vehicles/assets in a 3-D map via a single pane of glass view to enhance response. SmartResponse is available for use in both emergency centers and response vehicles.
Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA): WEA, also known as Commercial Mobile Alerts System (CMAS) in the U.S., enable authorized officials to inform the public about life-threatening events by automatically delivering emergency alerts to mobile devices (including roaming users) via the government alert gateway. Using standardized infrastructure, ensuring compliance with government regulations globally, the company’s patented technology facilitates the origination and accurate delivery of geo-targeted emergency alerts, empowering emergency services providers to better serve the public. Using this technology, for example, MNOs can quickly broadcast emergency communications, such as severe weather alerts, to all devices in a specific geographical area.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks: Customer Base
The company’s customer base for the Terrestrial and Wireless Networks segment serves numerous customers, primarily in North America and Australia, with whom it has cultivated longstanding relationships, including state and local governments, and a number of the largest telecommunication companies in the world. Representative customer categories include:
The U.S. state and local governments, such as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the states of Arizona, Iowa, Maine, Ohio, South Carolina, Washington, St. Louis County, MO and the North Central Texas Emergency Communications District.
End-customers also include AT&T Inc., Comcast Corporation, Nokia Corporation, T-Mobile USA, Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc.
Different solutions deployed with telephone companies and federal, provincial, and local governments in Australia, Canada, Cayman Islands and New Zealand.
Strategic Transformation
On November 7, 2023, the company completed the divestiture of its solid-state RF microwave high power amplifiers and control components product line, which was included in its Satellite and Space Communications segment, pursuant to a stock sale agreement entered into on October 11, 2023 (the PST Divestiture).
Sales, Marketing and Customer Support
Sales and marketing strategies include direct sales through sales, marketing and engineering personnel, indirect sales through independent representatives, value-added resellers, and sales through a combination of the foregoing. The company devotes resources to evaluating and responding to requests for proposals by governmental agencies around the world and, as needed, it employs the use of specialized consultants to develop its proposals and bids.
The company intends to continue to expand international marketing efforts, as needed, by engaging additional independent sales representatives, distributors and value-added resellers and by establishing foreign sales offices. In addition, the company expects to leverage its relationships with larger companies (such as prime contractors to the U.S. government and large mobile wireless operators) to market its technology solutions. In fiscal 2025, the company expects to continue expanding its social media and Internet presence and further developing an updated marketing and branding strategy.
The company is pre-qualified as an approved vendor for certain government contracts. The company collaborates in sales efforts under various arrangements with integrators. The company’s marketing efforts also include advertising, public relations, speaking engagements and attending and sponsoring industry conferences.
The company’s management, technical and marketing personnel establish and maintain relationships with customers. The company’s sales strategies include a commitment to providing ongoing customer support for its systems and equipment. This support involves providing direct access to engineering staff or trained technical representatives to resolve technical or operational issues.
The company’s products and services in many of its product lines have long sales cycles. Once a product is designed into a system, customers may be reluctant to change the incumbent supplier due to the extensive qualification process and potential redesign required in using alternative sources. Sales to the U.S. government customers include sales to the DoD, intelligence and civilian agencies, as well as sales directly to or through prime contractors.
Domestic sales include sales to commercial customers, as well as to U.S. state and local governments. For fiscal 2024, except for the U.S. government, there were no customers that represented more than 10% of consolidated net sales.
Research and Development
The company’s internal research and development expenses are reported as research and development expenses for financial reporting purposes and were $24.1 million in fiscal 2024 (July 31, 2024).
Intellectual Property
The company has a portfolio of several hundred patents worldwide relating to wireless location services, text messaging, GPS ephemeris data, emergency public safety data routing, electronic commerce and other areas. Almost all the products and services the company sells to the U.S. government include technology and other technical know-how that it has internally developed. In past instances where it has provided government-purpose rights, to its knowledge, the U.S. government has not exercised any of these rights.
Competition
Listed below, in alphabetical order, are some of the company’s competitors in each of its two business segments:
Satellite and Space Communications – Advantech Co., Ltd., Aethercomm Inc. (acquired by Frontgrade Technologies, a portfolio company of Veritas Capital), Agilis Satcom, AMERGINT Technologies, Inc., Amkom Design Group Inc., AnaCom, Inc., Codan Limited, Communications and Power Industries (also referred to as CPI), Datum Systems, Inc., dB Control Corp. (a subsidiary of HEICO Corp.), ETM Electromatic Inc. (acquired by Teledyne Technologies Inc.), Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., Empower RF Systems, Inc., General Dynamics Corporation, Hughes Network Systems, LLC (a subsidiary of EchoStar), KVH Industries, Inc., Kratos Defense and Security Solutions (Including Kratos RT Logic and Avtec Systems, Inc.), L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, ND Satcom GmbH, Novelsat LTD, Panasonic Corporation, Paradise Datacom Ltd. (a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated), Raytheon Technologies Corporation, SatixFy Israel Ltd., ST Engineering iDirect, Inc. (including Newtec), Starlink Services, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of SpaceX), Terrasat Communications Inc., Trace Systems Inc., TrellisWare Technologies, Inc., Ultra Intelligence and Communications, and ViaSat, Inc.
Terrestrial and Wireless Networks – AT&T Inc., Atos, Bandwidth.com, Carbyne, Central Square Technologies, 8x8, Inc., Everbridge, Inc., Hexagon AB, Immersive Labs, INdigital (acquired by Novacap), Intersec, Intrado Corporation, LM Ericsson, Lumen Technologies, Inc. (formerly CenturyLink, Inc.), Mobilaris AB, Mobile Arts AB, Motorola Solutions, Inc., NGA911, NextNav, Inc., Nokia Networks (a subsidiary of Nokia Corporation), Polaris Wireless, RapidDeploy, Inc., RapidSOS, Rave Mobile Safety, Sinch AB (Inteliquent), Synergem Technologies, SS8, TomTom N.V., Versaterm Public Safety Inc., WestTel, and Zetron.
Government Regulations
As a U.S. government contractor and subcontractor, the company is subject to a variety of rules and regulations, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR). The company’s products that are incorporated into wireless communications systems must comply with various government regulations, including those of the FCC. The company’s manufacturing facilities, which may store, handle, emit, generate and dispose of hazardous substances that are used in the manufacture of its products, are subject to a variety of local, state and federal regulations, including those issued by the Environmental Protection Agency.
The company’s international sales are subject to U.S. and foreign regulations such as the Arms Export Control Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and the trade sanctions laws and regulations administered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of Commerce (DoC) and their foreign counterparts, as well as other applicable laws relating to trade, export controls and foreign corrupt practices, the violation of which could adversely affect its operations. The company is subject to the FCPA and other local laws that generally bar bribes or unreasonable gifts to foreign governments or officials. The company’s financial reporting, corporate governance, public disclosure and compliance practices are governed by laws such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, and rules and regulations issued by the SEC.
History
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. was founded in 1967. The company was incorporated in 1986.
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