Communications & Power Industries Awarded Contract For French Military Antenna Systems
The Malibu Division of Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a four-year contract from the French General Delegation for Armaments' (DGA) Centre d'Essais de Lancement de Missiles (CELM) to replace 19 telemetry antenna systems. If all contract options are exercised, CPI expects the total cumulative value of the contract to be approximately $10M. CPI, a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc,, is a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications.
Under the contract, CPI Malibu Division will design, manufacture, deliver and install 3.1-meter, 4.3-meter and 6.1-meter telemetry antenna systems at CELM's various land-based and shipboard missile and aircraft tracking sites around France. CPI has recently received an initial $2.6M order for five antennas to be delivered this calendar year.
CPI Malibu Division is teamed on this project with La Direction des Constructions Navales Services (DCNS), one of Europe's leading companies for naval defense systems. DCNS is responsible for the overall program management, site upgrades, installation, integration and testing of the antenna systems.
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.
SOURCE: Communications & Power Industries, Inc.