Defense electronics maker gets Latin American military contract

A subsidiary of defense contractor Comtech Telecommunications Corp., of Melville, has a new $1.2 million order from a Latin American military client. 

Comtech did not disclose the customer’s name, saying the order is from “a systems integrator and will be used by a Latin American country as part of their military network.” 

The subsidiary is Comtech EF Data Corp., of Tempe, Ariz. 

“The military end-customer specified that they required Comtech” modems and converters, the company said. 

"This order demonstrates the continued reliance on our products by foreign military customers who acknowledge our best in class products by deploying them to support mission-critical communications," Fred Kornberg, chief executive officer of Comtech Telecommunications Corp., said in a news release.