A U.S. military systems integrator has awarded the Satcom Division of Communications & Power Industries (CPI) an order totaling more than $4.5 million to provide high-power, X-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) and related products for a significant military communications program. Under this follow-on contract, CPI's X-band SuperLinear® TWTAs will be used in a shipboard satellite communications program for the U.S. military that CPI has supported for a number of years.
CPI is one of the largest global manufacturers of high-power communications amplifiers for satellite uplink applications, with the broadest product line under one umbrella, including solid-state amplifiers for low-to-medium power applications, TWTAs, and klystron power amplifiers for high-power applications. These products are used in fixed and mobile gateways in support of military and commercial communications applications around the world.
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