[Satellite TODAY 03-06-13] Communications & Power Industries (CPI) has received a new order worth $6 million in Ka-band high-power satcom amplifiers. According to CPI, an international customer will use the amplifiers in gateway Earth stations to support high-throughput satellite (HTS) services. 

   “CPI’s high-power satcom amplifiers will support our end customer in providing high-capacity Internet service to a rural population, supplementing the customer’s fiber network,” said Andy Tafler, president of CPI’s Satcom Division on a statement.

   CPI’s Satcom Division will manufacture the 500-watt Ka-band traveling wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), with shipments for this program expected to continue into mid-2014.