Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq: GILT, TASE: GILT) has received a follow-on order for subsidiary company Wavestream of more than $5 million from a Tier-1, US global military terminal provider for Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) for satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals sold to militaries throughout the world.
Additional contract expansion for Wavestream MicroStream SSPAs is expected in the near future.
Gilat’s fully-owned subsidiary, Wavestream, will provide tightly integrated MicroStream frequency conversion/amplifier units. Wavestream’s MicroStream Ka-band SSPAs were selected as they efficiently meet the exacting SWaP requirements most essential for tactical and expeditionary military users.
“We are proud of the partnership we are building with this customer, and this order is indicative of their continued trust in Wavestream technology, production capacity, and reliability,” said Bob Huffman, Wavestream’s General Manager.
Wavestream, a Gilat subsidiary is the industry leader in the design and manufacture of next generation satellite communications high power transceivers for In Flight Connectivity, Ground Mobility and Gateway markets. Since 2001, we provide system integrators with field-proven, high performance Ka, Ku and X band Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs), Block Upconverters (BUCs), Block Down Converters and Transceivers. We design, manufacture and repair our products in-house and have delivered over 40,000 systems in the past 15 years. Wavestream products provide high quality and reliability under the harshest environmental conditions and we are currently certified to ISO 9001:2008 and AS9100D standards. For further details please visit www.wavestream.com
