RADN Radyne Corp (MM)

PHOENIX, June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radyne Corporation (NASDAQ:RADN) announced today that its TM-20 Troposcatter modem was employed successfully to establish an industry-first 20 Mbps Ku band Troposcatter, or "over-the-horizon" communications link. Ku Band operation enables troposcatter communications to be achieved using a single antenna in contrast to legacy large dual antenna systems. Ku band operation also enables the development of mobile combined troposcatter/satellite/line-of-site communication systems. In contrast, current field-deployable satellite/troposcatter systems require up to six transport vehicles while the system demonstrated is entirely contained on one vehicle. The new troposcatter system will be featured at the upcoming US Military's Product Improvement Working Group and Conference in Perry, Georgia, June 21 - 23, and the CommunicAsia Satellite Conference in Singapore on June 20 - 23. "We are delighted to obtain the superior results in actual field testing of the TM-20," said Bob Fitting, Radyne's CEO. "These field tests confirm that the Radyne tropo technology provides the best performance of any system in the world today." "Customers who have expressed interest in this innovative new product include branches of the US Military, friendly Middle Eastern nations, and commercial customers seeking disaster recovery and offshore oil applications," continued Fitting. The TM-20 represents the first significant advance in over-the-horizon technology in almost three decades. The use of modern signal processing techniques and a patented channel-directed-equalizer provides for link performance and configuration flexibility previously unheard of in Troposcatter systems. The TM-20's compact and power conserving design is ideal for mobile and flyaway installations. The successful demonstration was conducted in conjunction with Radyne troposcatter partners, Raytheon and General Dynamics. Additional information regarding this achievement is available from Raytheon in a separate press release dated today. About Radyne Corporation Radyne Corporation designs, manufactures, sells, integrates and installs products, systems and software used for the transmission and reception of data and video over satellite, troposcatter, microwave and cable communication networks. The Company, through its Tiernan subsidiary, is a supplier of HDTV and SDTV encoding and transmission equipment. The Xicom Technology subsidiary is a producer of high power amplifiers for communications applications. Radyne is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, has manufacturing facilities in Phoenix, Arizona and San Diego, and Santa Clara, California and sales offices in Singapore, Beijing, Jakarta and the United Kingdom. The Company also has sales and/or service centers in Sao Paulo, Bangalore, Shanghai and Moscow. For more information, visit our web site at http://www.radn.com/. Additional information on Xicom is available at http://www.xicomtech.com/ . Safe Harbor Paragraph for Forward-Looking Statements This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the "Reform Act") and Radyne claims the protection of the safe-harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Reform Act. These forward-looking statements are often characterized by the terms "may," "believes," "projects," "expects," or "anticipates," and do not reflect historical facts. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of Radyne Corporation and its subsidiaries to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect Radyne Corporation's results and cause them to materially differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation our belief that Radyne will receive additional orders for its tropo modems, that its tropo modems are well suited for use in military or other systems, that their performance is superior and that such performance will reliably meet customer needs and increase Radyne sales and profitability. Other factors that may affect forward-looking statements and the Company's business generally include but are not limited to: * Prospects of the international markets and global economy given that Radyne Corporation depends heavily on international sales. * A downturn in the evolving telecommunications, television broadcast and Internet industries. * Risk factors and cautionary statements made in Radyne Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2005 and in its' Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2005. * The effect that acts of international terrorism may have on Radyne Corporation's ability to ship products abroad. * Other factors that Radyne Corporation is currently unable to identify or quantify, but may exist in the future. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statement was made. Radyne Corporation does not undertake and specifically declines any obligation to update any forward-looking statements. Contact: Malcolm Persen, Chief Financial Officer, 602.437.9620 DATASOURCE: Radyne Corporation CONTACT: Malcolm Persen, Chief Financial Officer of Radyne Corporation, +1-602-437-9620 Web site: http://www.radn.com/

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