CPI International Provides SWE-DISH With Solid-State Power Amplifiers for IPT Suitcase Satellite Terminals
15 August 2006
CPI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII), 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, has recently enjoyed excellent success providing a solid-state power amplifier to SWE-DISH Satellite Systems for use in the SWE-DISH(R) IPT Suitcase. CPI International (CPI) currently delivers large quantities of power amplifiers to SWE-DISH for use in its small, satellite terminals. The IPT Suitcase is the smallest broadband satellite terminal in the world and is used for the transmission of video, data and voice content via satellite from remote or temporary sites anywhere in the world.
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CPI, through its Communications & Medical Products division in Canada, currently has a two-year, multi-million dollar contract to provide high-power, solid-state amplifiers for the IPT Suitcase. In the fall of 2005, SWE-DISH upgraded the amplifier in its small-sized satellite terminals for higher-power capability. The upgraded amplifier delivers 30 percent greater power and bandwidth, increasing the range of high-bandwidth applications the IPT Suitcase can accommodate. CPI's solid-state amplifier powers the latest versions of the IPT Suitcase, and can be retrofitted to work within older IPT Suitcase versions, allowing users to upgrade and increase the high-bandwidth applications on their existing IPT Suitcases.
"CPI's amplifiers have helped SWE-DISH meet our customers' needs by providing a more powerful, more capable and more flexible amplifier for our SWE-DISH IPT Suitcase," said Lars Jehrlander, chief executive officer of SWE- DISH. "The solid-state amplifiers that CPI has delivered have performed extremely well for us, and have contributed to the success of our product. The demand for our Suitcase family of satellite terminals has been very high, and we are using CPI's amplifiers as quickly as they can be delivered." The IPT Suitcase is widely used by broadcasters, governmental organizations and defense and rescue organizations, and hundreds of units have been sold to date.
"CPI is on pace to deliver significant volumes of solid-state amplifiers per year to SWE-DISH for use in the IPT Suitcase and for other products in the SWE-DISH portfolio, and we are thrilled to be part of the world's most compact, quickest-to-air satellite system," said Joe Caldarelli, chief executive officer of CPI. "This is one of our most significant contracts in this product area since we acquired a solid-state power amplifier business a few years ago, and we believe that CPI has a bright future in solid-state devices."
The SWE-DISH IPT Suitcase satellite system combines easy, one-person operation with exceptional technical performance to allow live broadband interface from virtually anywhere in the world. It can be deployed in less than five minutes and the operator needs no expertise to operate the system. The IPT Suitcase has operated in the Middle Eastern desert, near the Equator, on Mount Everest and in northern arctic conditions.
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 and transmit 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 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.
About SWE-DISH
SWE-DISH Satellite Systems is a world-leading supplier of mobile satellite communications equipment and related services for broadband applications. The company supplies major broadcasters, armed forces and disaster relief organizations amongst others, with compact and quick-to-air satellite terminals for live transmission of video, data, internet and voice content from anywhere in the world. The customer base includes broadcasters such as CNN and BBC, disaster relief organizations and military organizations such as United Nations, NATO, Danish Defense, the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) and the US Department of Defense. SWE-DISH was established 1994. http://www.swe-dish.com .
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