Comtech receives $544M U.S. Army contract

Comtech announced it received approval from the U.S. Army Contracting Command to move forward on the company’s previously announced $544M Global Field Service Representative, or GFSR, contract. Under this contract, Comtech will provide onsite professional engineering services, as well as supply and support the company’s satellite and terrestrial networking communications technologies for the Project Manager Tactical Network for the GFSR support program. This task order was awarded on Comtech’s existing contract with the U.S. Army, which leverages the ten-year, $5.1B Global Tactical Communications Systems, or GTACS, II indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity, or IDIQ, contract vehicle. Comtech was initially selected as one of multiple GTACS II IDIQ awardees in 2020. The GTACS II contract is designed to support of the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical and PM TN. GTACS II provides the rapid acquisition of a wide range of C3T hardware, software, engineering services and logistics support services with an emphasis on tactical satellite communications.