SAN DIMAS, Calif., Nov. 17, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Wavestream Corporation (www.wavestream.com), a manufacturer of new-generation solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs), today announced it has completed delivery of initial orders for 196 Ka-band SSPAs for the U.S. Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 1 and is well underway on fulfilling follow-on orders for more than 240 additional units. The initial orders were fulfilled and delivered to General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies, which provides the Army with its new Satellite Transportable Terminals (STTs).
"Wavestream is proud to be part of General Dynamics' innovative solution for the WIN-T program," said Chris Branscum, chairman and CEO of Wavestream. "These Ka-band systems will enable significant new bandwidth availability to the soldiers in the field."
Wavestream's proprietary spatial power combining technologies require substantially less semiconductor content than traditional technologies to produce equivalent output power. The lower semiconductor content drives lower weight, smaller size, greater efficiency and lower cost. The product being delivered to General Dynamics is a 50 watt Ka-band SSPA with integrated block upconverter (BUC) which is part of a family of Ka-band products that includes a 12 watt Ka-band Matchbox SSPA with integrated BUC and a 25 watt Ka-band Matchbox SSPA with integrated BUC.
About Wavestream Corporation
Wavestream develops and produces high-power solid-state amplifiers that meet the needs of today's communications and sensing systems. Wavestream's proprietary spatial power combining technologies require substantially less semiconductor content than traditional technologies to produce equivalent output power. The lower semiconductor content drives lower weight, smaller size, greater efficiency and lower cost. Wavestream currently offers industry-leading Ka-band, Ku-band and C-band SSPAs and BUCs for satellite communications; C-band SSPAs for troposcatter communications; and, Ku- and Ka-band SSPAs for airborne applications.
For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.wavestream.com.