Communications & Power Industries Awarded Raytheon Contract to Support U.S. Navy’s Navy Multiband Terminal Satellite Communications Program
Power Industries, Inc. (CPI), a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc.
(Nasdaq: CPII), a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and
control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific
and other applications, has been selected by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN)
and awarded an initial contract of more than
pre-production phase of the U.S. Navy’s Multiband Terminal (NMT) program.
Through a competitive-bidding process, Raytheon Network Centric Systems
selected CPI’s high-power X-band SuperLinear(TM) traveling wave tube amplifier
for the NMT military satellite communications (satcom) program. If all option
years’ production and spares are exercised, CPI expects the total cumulative
value of the approximately four-year program to be in excess of
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Under a contract from the U.S. Navy, Raytheon Network Centric Systems
developed and supports the NMT advanced satcom system, consisting of shipboard
and shore-based communication terminals for the transformational
communications component of the U.S. Navy’s FORCEnet architecture. The NMT
solution, which is expected to provide the next generation of satcom systems,
replacing several existing satcom systems, adds significant new maritime
communications capability to ships, submarines and shore stations.
“We are delighted by Raytheon’s selection of CPI high-power amplifiers to
support such a critical military satcom program,” said
executive officer of CPI. “CPI’s high-power SuperLinear traveling wave tube
amplifier provides exceptional power efficiency, extremely long life and
advanced control and monitor capabilities while operating in a rugged
environment, and we are proud to provide this advanced, state-of-the-art
technology for the U.S. Navy’s Multiband Terminals.”
CPI’s Satcom Division and Microwave Power Products Division will perform
work on this contract. CPI expects to make the first shipments under this
contract in the first half of fiscal 2009.
About CPI International, Inc.
CPI International, Inc., headquartered in
parent company of Communications & Power Industries, Inc., a leading provider
of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical
defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications.
Communications & Power Industries, Inc. develops, manufactures and
distributes products used to generate, amplify, transmit and receive
high-power/high-frequency microwave and radio frequency signals and/or provide
power and control for various applications. End-use applications of these
systems include the transmission of radar signals for navigation and location;
transmission of deception signals for electronic countermeasures; transmission
and amplification of voice, data and video signals for broadcasting, Internet
and other types of commercial and military communications; providing power and
control for medical diagnostic imaging; and generating microwave energy for
radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer and for various industrial and
scientific applications.
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