Communications
&
Power
Industries
Receives
$3.8
Million
to
Support
U.S.
Navy
Satellite
Terminals
With
Broadband
Capabilities
April
5
Communications
&
Power
Industries,
Inc.
has
been
awarded
a
five-year
indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity
contract
by
Harris
Corporation
to
support
the
U.S.
Navy's
Commercial
Broadband
Satellite
Program
(CBSP).
To
date,
CPI
has
received
$3.8
million
in
orders
to
provide
satellite
communications
amplifiers
for
the
Force
Level
Variant
(FLV,
for
large
ships)
and
Unit
Level
Variant
(ULV,
for
medium-sized
ships)
portions
of
the
military
communications
program.
Under
the
contract,
CPI
is
providing
C-band,
Ku-band
and
Tri-band
(capable
of
operating
at
C-band,
X-band
and
Ku-band
frequencies)
outdoor
amplifiers
for
Harris'
shipboard
satellite
communications
terminals
for
CBSP.
Work
is
being
performed
at
CPI's
Satcom
Division
in
Georgetown,
Ontario
and
Microwave
Power
Products
Division
in
Palo
Alto,
Calif.
CPI
is a
leading
provider
of
microwave,
radio
frequency,
power
and
control
solutions
for
critical
defense,
communications,
medical,
scientific
and
other
applications.
CBSP
is
expected
to
provide
a
tenfold
increase
in
broadband
communications
capabilities
for
ships
at
sea,
enabling
faster
and
greater
transmission
of
voice,
video
and
data.
CBSP
satellite
communications
terminals
will
augment
the
U.S.
Navy's
existing
military
satellite
communications,
supporting
essential
mission
requirements
and
permitting
seagoing
warfighters
to
share
information
and
intelligence
more
quickly
and
efficiently.
The
terminals
are
also
intended
to
improve
the
quality
of
life
for
these
warfighters
by
increasing
shipboard
access
to
email,
Web
browsing,
Voice
over
IP
(VoIP)
and
other
online
activities.
Under
its
satellite
communications
roadmap
strategy,
the
U.S.
Navy
intends
to
consolidate
the
number
of
existing
satellite
communication
terminal
programs
from
five
programs
to
two:
CBSP
and
the
Navy
Multiband
Terminal
(NMT)
program.
CPI
provides
amplifiers
to
support
both
CBSP
and
NMT.
