CPI wins big order for Ka-band satcom amplifiers

An international company has ordered $6 million worth of Ka-band high-power satellite communications amplifiers from Communications & Power Industries (CPI.) According to CPI's announcement, the amplifiers will be integrated into gateway Earth stations, enabling its customer to offer high-throughput satellite (HTS) services.

Andy Tafler, president of the Satcom Division of CPI, stated that the Company's high-power satellite communications amplifiers will help supplement the unnamed international end customer's existing fiber network by providing rural consumers with high-capacity satellite Internet service.

According to CPI, the Satcom Division will ship the completed 500-watt Ka-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs) well into the middle of 2014.

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