ANAHEIM, CA -- September 23, 1997 -- Teradyne, Inc. announced today that its M910 VXI Digital Test Instrument has been selected by ManTech Systems Engineering Corporation for the United States Marine Corps' TETS (Third Echelon Test Set) program. Designed to provide portable test capabilities on the forward edge of a battlefield area, the TETS test system consists of two compact, ruggedized chassis that can be mounted on the back of a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle, better known as a "humvee." The announcement was made at the IEEE's Autotestcon conference held here Sept. 23-25.

Designed to provide portable test capabilities on the forward edge of the battlefield area, TETS units can be deployed on the tailgate of a humvee. The TETS system consists of two compact, ruggedized chassis.

ManTech has placed an initial order for 12 M910 instruments for the Low-Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phase of the program. Another 287 instruments may be ordered over the next five years, according to Bob Feingold, vice president of Teradyne's Assembly Test Boston division. The M910s will be shipped to ManTech's headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, for integration into TETS systems. The estimated value of the contract for ManTech is $85 million. The value of the LRIP order for Teradyne is roughly $1 million. Orders for additional M910 instruments will follow as production begins.

"This is major win for Teradyne and for the M910," said Feingold. "With the M910, we've taken the next logical step in the 15-year evolution of our digital test architecture by making it available in a PC-based Windows NT environment and by packaging it in a C-size format, ready for integration into larger test systems. At the same time, we've achieved a new benchmark in price and performance, so that we can offer the M910's high-performance capabilities at about the same price point as less capable instruments. We are looking forward to working with ManTech over the next five years to deliver our part of the TETS program, which is supplying the Marine Corps with the highest-performance digital test capabilities available in a VXI C-size format."

According to Pete Faulkner, director of engineering and TETS program manager at ManTech, Teradyne won its bid to be ManTech's digital test partner with a combination of technical excellence and organizational strength. "The M910 was perhaps the most significant resource in our TETS architecture," said Faulkner. "It not only met the TETS program requirements, but exceeded them in many key areas. Beyond meeting the technical requirements, Teradyne has the organizational resources to support a 20-year commitment to the TETS program. We faced an extremely aggressive schedule, from initial proposal though bid sample to final award. To be successful, we needed a partner like Teradyne, who was as committed to winning this business as we were. We also valued the wide acceptance of Teradyne's digital test capabilities by DoD suppliers. Teradyne technology is considered the de facto standard for digital test."

The M910 is a high-performance C-size VXI instrument for advanced digital and mixed-signal test. Configurable with up to 704 bidirectional, variable-voltage test channels in a single 13-slot C-size chassis, the M910 offers a modern, scaleable digital architecture for testing microcontroller, microprocessor, and DSP-based boards. With an industry-standard VXIplug&play Windows NT framework software driver and hardware that is fully compliant with VXI-C interface standards, the M910 is easily integrated in VXI-based test systems and specialized test equipment (STE) for large defense and avionics programs such as TETS, JSTARS (U.S. Air Force), and IATS-II (Taiwan Air Force).

ManTech is a leading worldwide provider of information technology, communications, software, engineering, training, logistics, environmental research and development, aeronautical, simulations and flight hardware, client-server and total solutions to the U.S. Government and commercial industries. Founded in 1968, ManTech is a privately held professional and technical services firm in over 125 U.S. locations and 22 international locations. During 1996, the company was awarded over $422 million in new contracts and currently has a backlog of over $1 billion.

Teradyne, Inc. is a leading supplier of automatic test equipment (ATE) and connection systems to manufacturers of electronics worldwide. The company's Assembly Test Boston division is a major supplier of COTS functional board test systems and software for military test. Teradyne is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (Symbol: TER). Sales in the first half of 1997 were approximately $538 million.

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