Broadcast Microwave Services Awarded Contract by UAE Armed Services.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers POWAY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2003 Cohu, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :COHU) today announced that its Broadcast Microwave Services, Inc. (BMS BMS abbr. Bachelor of Marine Science ) unit has been selected by the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates, federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. (UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. ) Armed Services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. to provide microwave communications equipment for a command center and infrastructure system for border security. The contract, valued at approximately $8.5 million, will take advantage of the latest COFDM (Coded Orthogonal FDM) See OFDM. (Coded Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing See FDM. (communications) frequency division multiplexing - (FDM) The simultaneous transmission of multiple separate signals through a shared medium (such as a wire, optical fibre, or light beam) by modulating, at the transmitter, the separate signals into separable ) transmission technology from the BMS product line. The system is expected to be installed this year and will enable secure video and audio transmission from aircraft, ships or vehicles to be monitored real time and distributed to remote viewing stations. BMS, a Cohu company and a leader in COFDM microwave transmission, designs, develops, manufactures and sells microwave transmission systems and has a broad range of products and systems developed for broadcast TV, law enforcement, sports and special events venues, unmanned air vehicle and military applications. Cohu is a leading supplier of test handling solutions used by the global semiconductor industry as well as a supplier of closed circuit television, metal detection and microwave communications equipment. Certain matters discussed in this release, including statements concerning installation of the command center and infrastructure system, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or forecasted. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, our ability to convert new products under development into production on a timely basis and other risks addressed in Cohu's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including the most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Cohu assumes no obligation to update the information in this release. For press releases and other information of interest to investors, please visit Cohu's website at www.cohu.com. Contact: John Allen -- Investor Relations (858) 848-8106; BMS (858) 391-3050 or visit www.sales@bms-inc.com. |
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