Advanced Knowledge Associates Awarded $10.5M Production Contract for Reman Work on Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Advanced Knowledge Associates (AKA) - the leaders in miniaturized, reconfigurable, fully self-contained and high-performance system-on-module (SOM) technology - today announced that it has won another major contract with BAE Systems worth $10.5M for Circuit Card Assemblies containing modules to be used in the remanufacture of Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

Reconfigurable, high-performance and fully self-contained modules are at the heart of the Circuit Card Assemblies supplied to BAE Systems.

BAE Systems - a leading global defense company - designs, develops and builds some of the world's most renowned combat vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicle System includes the M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle. The A3 Bradley is one of the most advanced, digitized combat systems at the forefront of U.S. Army operations around the world. It provides survivability, mobility, and lethality to US soldiers in all types of close-combat urban environments and open terrain scenarios.

AKA's SOM building blocks are ideal for military and high-reliability applications for several reasons. AKA modules are highly rugged and very compact. Often replacing complete boards and daughter card assemblies, these 2x2in SOMs are better equipped to deal with shock, vibration and even extremes of temperature than other chases-based configurations. The modules are not subject to obsolescence issues to the same degree as individual components. More AKA handles all manufacturing and reliability-screening procedures for high-volume production of the module for any complex customer application. AKA Modules incorporate the most efficient combination of components (approximately 300 components) in terms of functionality, cost, power and board real-estate usage. AKA Modules are simple to replace, reuse and upgrade, resulting in designs with greatly reduced time-to-market and increased commonality.

The modules produced by AKA are specifically designed to address customer challenges including time-to-market, space & power saving, dealing with obsolescence, limited reuse, performance, cost and operational simplification.

"We are delighted to have won such a prestigious order from BAE Systems," said Guy Marom, President of Advanced Knowledge Associates. "BAE demands the very highest quality and performance levels and this deal validates our efforts in this regard."

About Advanced Knowledge Associates:

Advanced Knowledge Associates (AKA) designs and manufactures high-performance system-on-modules (SOMs) for a range of market segments, including Military, Aerospace, Medical, Industrial and Communications. AKA's module approach address the challenges facing today's customers - space and power savings, obsolescence, cost, time-to-market and operational simplification.

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems is a global defense and aerospace company, delivering a full range of products and services for air, land, and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions, and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 88,000 employees worldwide, had 2006 sales that exceeded $25 billion.