- 25 May 2006 -

Endwave ships switch arrays to L-3 SafeView

Endwave Corporation announced initial production deliveries to L-3 SafeView for the company's new Phase II switch array designs. Last quarter, SafeView, Inc., a Santa Clara-based subsidiary of L-3 Communications, granted qualification approval for Endwave's Phase II switch arrays, and awarded Endwave with its first production order for the new RF design. L-3 SafeView will begin full system integration of the more cost-effective switch arrays into their personnel screening portals immediately.

Endwave supplies the millimetre-wave hardware for SafeView's advanced portal scanner, SafeScout, which is deployed at security checkpoints in the USA, Middle East, Asia and Europe for the detection of explosives, weapons and contraband. A key enabler to the widespread adoption of SafeView's portal scanner potentially lies in the cost effectiveness of the millimetre-wave electronics. Endwave has addressed this market requirement by applying a proprietary, next-generation technology called Epsilon Packaging to the Phase II switch arrays for SafeView.

Epsilon Packaging is an advanced multi-layer substrate and high-performance RF module package, all in one. It replaces costly, heavy metal housings that are the conventional method of RF module packaging with inexpensive metallized polymer substrates. In the absence of bulky machined metal components, Epsilon packaged subsystems are lightweight and highly producible. With the large number of Endwave switch arrays delivered into SafeView's portal scanner, the reduced packaging cost on each product is expected to improve the overall cost effectiveness of the system.

"SafeView's qualification approval of our Epsilon-based Phase II switch arrays marked an exciting milestone for our company," said Ed Keible, Chief Executive Officer and President of Endwave Corporation. "This culminated a year-long development effort behind the commercialization of our Epsilon technology, which dramatically lowers the cost and improves the manufacturability of our products for applications like SafeView's portals."

"Endwave has been a strategic partner for SafeView since the inception of our original venture-backed company," said Rick Rowe, Chief Executive Officer of SafeView. "With L-3's acquisition of SafeView last quarter, our improved global reach and distribution network will play a key role in maximizing SafeView's growth opportunities and launching the company into the next expansion phase - and Endwave will continue to play an instrumental role in helping us achieve our cost reduction and growth targets," added Rowe.

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