[SatNews] A major order, approximately $18 million, is awarded to a satellite subsystem supplier, Communications & Power Industries, Inc. (CPI) by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN). CPI will support the Jackal passive infrared defeat systems for the U.S. Army.

Work under this contract will be performed at CPI's Satcom Division in Georgetown, Ontario and its Microwave Power Products Division in Palo Alto, Calif.  CPI is a subsidiary of CPI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII).