CPI Receives Contracts for Specialized Data Link Antenna Terminals

PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Malibu Division of Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI), a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII), has been awarded an initial contract valued at more than $3 million by Aerlyper, a Spanish aeronautical company specializing in avionics and electronics and a subcontractor to SAES, a Spanish company that provides electronic and underwater detection systems.  Under the contract, CPI Malibu will design, manufacture and integrate highly advanced data link antenna systems enabling ship-to-ship, ship-to-air and ship-to-satellite communications for defense applications.  The initial contract duration is expected to last through 2014.

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"The complexities found in shipboard applications require unique capabilities, and the CPI Malibu team has demonstrated extensive expertise in this field.  This expertise, combined with the knowledge and skill of the Aerlyper and SAES teams, will enable us to develop first-rate communications technology for this and future shipboard applications," said Ricardo Pradella, chief executive officer of Aerlyper.

"We look forward to a productive and lengthy partnership with Aerlyper.  Having the opportunity to work with a world-class organization like this, and providing complex data link systems with applications on a global scale, fully leverages the unique antenna design and development capabilities of CPI Malibu," stated Grant Hintze, president CPI Malibu Division.

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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