PALO ALTO, Calif., April 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Communications
& Power Industries, Inc. (CPI), a subsidiary of CPI
International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII), has been awarded a five-year
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract by Harris
Corporation (NYSE: HRS) to support the U.S. Navy's Commercial
Broadband Satellite Program (CBSP). To date, CPI has received
$3.8 million in orders to provide
satellite communications amplifiers for the Force Level Variant
(FLV, for large ships) and Unit Level Variant (ULV, for
medium-sized ships) portions of the military communications
program.
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Under the contract, CPI is providing C-band, Ku-band and
Tri-band (capable of operating at C-band, X-band and Ku-band
frequencies) outdoor amplifiers for Harris' shipboard satellite
communications terminals for CBSP. Work is being performed at
CPI's Satcom Division in Georgetown,
Ontario and Microwave Power Products Division in
Palo Alto, Calif. CPI is a
leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control
solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific
and other applications.
CBSP is expected to provide a tenfold increase in broadband
communications capabilities for ships at sea, enabling faster and
greater transmission of voice, video and data. CBSP satellite
communications terminals will augment the U.S. Navy's existing
military satellite communications, supporting essential mission
requirements and permitting seagoing warfighters to share
information and intelligence more quickly and efficiently.
The terminals are also intended to improve the quality of
life for these warfighters by increasing shipboard access to email,
Web browsing, Voice over IP (VoIP) and other online activities.
Under its satellite communications roadmap strategy, the U.S.
Navy intends to consolidate the number of existing satellite
communication terminal programs from five programs to two: CBSP and
the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) program. CPI provides
amplifiers to support both CBSP and NMT.
About CPI International, Inc.
CPI International, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is the 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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