Comtech Telecommunications Corp. announced Sept. 19 that its Tempe, Ariz.-based subsidiary, Comtech EF Data Corp., received a $1.9 million satellite communications equipment order from a U.S. government agency to expand a satellite communications network.

The order encompasses satellite modems, redundancy switches, amplifiers and terminals. The high-speed modem offers flexible interfaces including gigabit Ethernet, advanced forward error correction and higher order modulation.