Herley Gets $2.8 M for IMA for CAPTOR Radar for Eurofighter Typhoon

(Lancaster, Pa., July 2, 2009) -- Herley Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRLY) announced today that its Herley New England Division in Woburn, Massachusetts has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $2.8 million by an international customer to develop and produce a complex integrated microwave assembly (IMA) to be used in the CAPTOR Radar on the Eurofighter Typhoon.

Developed by Europe's leading aerospace companies, Eurofighter Typhoon is the aircraft of choice for six nations' Air Forces - Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, Austria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The CAPTOR Radar is a multi-mode pulse-Doppler Radar which provides Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface features.

Richard Poirier, President of Herley New England, commented, "We look forward to a long business relationship with our international customer on this important program."

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