MCL Inc., a MITEQ Company, Bolingbrook, IL, a global supplier of satellite communications (SATCOM) and instrumentation equipment, has received a $1.4 M+ contract to design and develop an airborne Ka-band high power traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) for the United States Air Force. This contract has been sponsored by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) located in Rome, NY. The resultant product is expected to compliment and enhance present military airborne communication technology.