Comtech AeroAstro Ships STP-SIV to Ball Aerospace

Melville, NY, January 7, 2009 - Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ:CMTL) announced today that Comtech AeroAstro, Inc., has successfully delivered the first spacecraft bus for the US Air Force's Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle (STP-SIV) satellite program. This event marks the successful completion of the electrical and mechanical integration of all spacecraft components, as well as bus functional performance testing. The spacecraft bus is being developed under contract to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the DoD Space Test Program headquartered at Kirtland AFB.

"We are pleased to achieve this critical milestone for the STP-SIV program," said Mr. Paul Lithgow, President of Comtech AeroAstro. "STP-SIV will demonstrate that a 'standard' vehicle can provide quick, affordable access to space for a wide variety of instruments." STP-SIV accomplishes this by providing a small, highly capable bus platform with standardized payload interfaces that is compatible with a wide variety of launch vehicles and operates without modification in a range of low earth orbits. "Comtech AeroAstro team worked closely with Ball Aerospace and our Government customer in a 'badgeless' team environment to successfully complete initial performance testing and deliver this bus," noted Mr. Roger Prokic, Comtech AeroAstro's STP-SIV Program Manager.

Over the next several months, Comtech AeroAstro engineers will support Ball Aerospace as the company completes final bus testing, integrates the satellite payloads, and performs functional and environmental tests of the STP-SIV space vehicle to ensure nominal performance.

The first STP-SIV is currently scheduled for launch on a Minotaur IV from the AADC Kodiak Launch Complex, along with three other spacecraft, in late 2009.

This project is sponsored by:
United States Air Force
Air Force Space Command
Space and Missile System Center
Space Development and Test Wing
Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117-5778

Comtech AeroAstro, Inc., a Virginia-based company, is a leader in satellite systems, components, advanced communications technologies, and provides worldwide asset tracking by satellite.

Certain information in this press release contains statements that are forward-looking in nature and involve certain significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking information. The Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings identify many such risks and uncertainties. Any forward-looking information in this press release is qualified in its entirety by the risks and uncertainties described in such Securities and Exchange Commission filings. ###