Signal
Technology Awarded Follow-On Transmitter Production
Contract for Global Hawk Aircraft
Thursday October 12, 8:48 am Eastern
Time
Press Release
Company's Keltec Division to
Supply State-of-the-Art 4Kw Transmitter for
Intelligence Imagery Data
DANVERS, Mass.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Oct. 12, 2000-- Signal Technology Corporation
(``Signal'') (Nasdaq: STCO
- news),
a leading provider of electronics components and
subsystems for wireless communications in the
commercial, defense and space markets, today announced
that its Keltec Division has been awarded a follow-on
production contract for its 4Kw transmitter. Keltec's
transmitter is an integral part of the Synthetic
Aperture Radar (SAR) that gathers intelligence imagery
data on the Global Hawk, a long endurance unmanned
reconnaissance aircraft.
``Signal's continued support to this
important program validates our technical expertise
and production capabilities in the transmitter market.
The U.S. Government has recently designated the Global
Hawk as `Military Useful,' which is expected to extend
the program well into the future,'' said Keltec
Division President John Cotumaccio.
Signal's Keltec Division, based in
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, designs and manufactures a
wide variety of power management components, including
high- and low-voltage power supplies, amplifiers,
transmitters and power converters for use in wireless
communications infrastructure applications in the
commercial and defense markets.
About Signal Technology
Signal is a leader in developing
state-of-the-art electronic components and systems for
wireless communications, defense and space
applications. Through its Signal Wireless Group (SWG),
the company is addressing the exploding global demand
for Internet and data bandwidth by developing RF radio
sub-systems for broadband fixed wireless
telecommunications applications worldwide. SWG also
develops and manufactures switching/combining
components and subsystems for PCS/cellular digital
applications for sale to wireless base station
infrastructure providers. In its defense businesses,
Signal develops and manufactures RF, microwave, and
power conversion products for communications networks,
electronic countermeasures, missiles, radar,
intelligence and guidance systems for sale to defense
prime contractors worldwide. For further information
about Signal, please visit Signal's Web site at http://www.sigtech.com.
``Safe Harbor'' Statement under the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The
statements made in this news release that are not
historical facts contain forward-looking information
that involves risks and uncertainties. Important
factors that may cause actual results to differ
include, but are not limited to, market acceptance
risks, the effect of economic conditions, the impact
of competitive products and pricing, product
development, capacity, supply constraints, and other
risks detailed from time to time in the Company's
Securities and Exchange Commission filings. These
documents identify and describe important factors that
can cause results to differ materially from those
contained in any forward looking statements we may
make.
Contact:
George
Lombard
Chairman and CEO
Signal Technology Corporation
(978) 774-2281
or
Paul Sagan
Vice President
Sharon Merrill Associates,
Inc.
(617) 542-5300
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