DATELINE: August 30, 2004

dB Control Lands $1.1 Million Contract to Supply Military Vendor with Microwave Power Modules for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Systems

dB Control Signs $500,000 Contract to supply U.S. Navy Vendor with TWT Amplifiers for Electronic Warfare (EW) Simulation Systems

[BUSINESS WIRE] — Fremont, Calif. — dB Control, a designer and manufacturer of high-power microwave amplifiers, power supplies and radar transmitters, has signed contracts worth a combined total of $1.6 million to provide microwave power modules (MPMs) and traveling wave tube (TWT) amplifiers to two major U.S. manufacturers supplying the U.S. Army, Navy and Air Force. Due to security regulations, dB Control cannot name the specific manufacturers or military installations.

“On-board jammers and electronic warfare (EW) systems require high continuous wave and pulsed power TWT amplifiers with wide bandwidth, and SAR systems require MPMs and TWT amplifiers with extremely good amplitude and phase stability,” said Meppalli Shandas, vice president of marketing for dB Control. “For both of these military applications, dB Control is fast becoming the vendor of choice.”

About dB Control

dB Control, Fremont, California, designs and manufactures a variety of high-power microwave amplifiers, radar transmitters, high-voltage power supplies, modulators and custom assemblies for military and commercial applications. Established in 1990, the company’s high-power amplifiers use solid state, as well as vacuum, electronics devices and cover the 500 MHz to 40 GHz frequency range.

The modularity of its designs enables dB Control to rapidly configure custom amplifiers to meet a customer’s specific needs, and to produce custom products for a number different platforms, ranging from ground-based to high-altitude military manned and unmanned aircraft. All design and manufacturing activities are carried out in a recently remodeled 22,500-square-foot facility.

The company’s high-voltage laboratory is equipped for manufacturing and testing transformers, inductors and integrated assemblies up to 100 kV. dB Control also offers RF and microwave testing for complete product characterization and environmental testing for temperature, altitude, vibration and shock. dB Control is located at 1120 Auburn Street, Fremont, Calif. 94538, ph. 510.656.2325, fax 510.656.3214, www.dbcontrol.com.