BOSTON, MA -- May 5, 1997 -- Teradyne, Inc. today announced receiving a new order for 20 M900 VXI digital test subsystems from Lockheed Martin Information Systems (Huntsville, AL). The 20 digital test subsystems will be used to upgrade Lockheed Martin's GETS-1000 line of automatic test systems. The M900 configuration for the GETS program has 256 50-MHz dynamic digital test channels packaged in an industry-standard VXI-D chassis.

The $5+ million contract includes an option to purchase an additional 25 units within three years. It follows an initial agreement and order announced in June, 1996, against which nine M900 VXI systems have already been procured. The M900s will go into GETS depot test systems that support Patriot and Hawk missiles at FMS (Foreign Military Sales) and US Army locations.

"The GETS-1000B1 with Teradyne's M900 VXI digital test subsystem has proven to be very attractive to our customers who need to perform high-speed digital tests concurrent with microwave and power supply testing," said Robert Gustafson, Patriot Program Manager for GETS at Lockheed Martin. "The M900 Family has a digital test architecture that's become a standard within the DoD. Because it is VXI, it has been easy to integrate into GETS, and we expect to take advantage of this in future versions of the GETS system."

Boston-based Teradyne, Inc. is the world's largest supplier of automatic test equipment and software for the electronics and telecommunications industries, and a leading supplier of telephone line test equipment and high-performance backplane assemblies and connectors. The company's Assembly Test Division in Boston is the world's leading supplier of COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) test equipment for military electronics.