Communications & Power Industries to Provide Solid-State Power Amplifiers for Next...

Communications & Power Industries to Provide Solid-State Power Amplifiers for
Next Generation of SWE-DISH Satellite Terminals

PALO ALTO, Calif., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Communications & Power
Industries, Inc. (CPI) has been awarded a three-year contract to supply
high-power, solid-state power amplifiers to SWE-DISH Satellite Systems, a
DataPath company, for use in the SWE-DISH IPT Suitcase(R) and SWE-DISH
CommuniCase(R) Technology (CCT) product lines. The value of the contract
could total several million dollars to CPI. CPI, a subsidiary of CPI
International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII), is a leading provider of microwave, radio
frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications,
medical, scientific and other applications.

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CPI has provided solid-state amplifiers to support the SWE-DISH IPT Suitcase
small, satellite terminals since 2006. The IPT Suitcase is the smallest
broadband satellite terminal in the world and is used for the transmission of
video, data and voice content via satellite from remote or temporary sites
anywhere in the world. SWE-DISH CommuniCase Technology is an innovative
common modular system architecture for the next generation of satellite
terminals, making them faster, interchangeable and more affordable. All CCT
products feature a set of different modules, including plug-in modems, antenna
units, control units and transceiver units, which can be replaced in the
field.

"CPI's high-performance, high-power solid-state amplifiers readily and
consistently achieve the demanding reliability requirements of our SWE-DISH
IPT Suitcase satellite terminals as well as our new SWE-DISH CCT products,"
said Lars Jehrlander, chief executive officer of SWE-DISH. "The solid-state
amplifiers that CPI has delivered over the past several years have performed
extremely well for us and have contributed to the success of our products."

Work on the contract will be completed at CPI's Communications & Medical
Products Division in Georgetown, Ontario.

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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SOURCE CPI International, Inc.

Amanda Mogin, Investor Relations of Communications & Power Industries,
+1-650-846-3998, amanda.mogin@cpii.com