Exhibit 23

                          Independent Auditors' Consent

The Board of Directors
Comtech Telecommunications Corp.:

We consent to incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Nos.
33-66278, 33-83584, 333-68967 and 333-51708) on Form S-8 of Comtech
Telecommunications Corp. of our report dated October 9, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries
as of July 31, 2001 and 2000 and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended July 31, 2001 and related financial statement schedule
II, which report appears in the July 31, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of
Comtech Telecommunications Corp. and subsidiaries.

                                        KPMG LLP


Melville, New York
October 19, 2001