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AMETEK Completes Acquisition of Abaco Systems

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Thursday, April 29, 2021

b'BERWYN, Pa., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announcedthat it has completed its acquisition of Abaco Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission critical embedded computing systems in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.35 billion.\n"We are excited to welcome Abaco to AMETEK," saidDavid A. Zapico, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

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  • b'BERWYN, Pa., April 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announcedthat it has completed its acquisition of Abaco Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission critical embedded computing systems in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.35 billion.\n"We are excited to welcome Abaco to AMETEK," saidDavid A. Zapico, AMETEK Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
  • "Abaco\'s market leading computing and electronic solutions nicely complement our existing aerospace and defense businesses, expanding our positions across many attractive growth platforms.
  • The AMETEK Growth Model integrates the Four Growth Strategies - Operational Excellence, New Product Development, Global and Market Expansion, and Strategic Acquisitions - with a disciplined focus on cash generation and capital deployment.
  • The common stock of AMETEK is a component of the S&P 500.\n'

Abaco Systems Partners with Rebel Alliance to Demonstrate Integrated Battle Management Solution

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Wednesday, March 31, 2021

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbacoSystems announced today a partnership with Rebel Alliance, allowing the company to demonstrate their Rebel's Safe Strike software product for Battle Management and Command & Control applications.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 31, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AbacoSystems announced today a partnership with Rebel Alliance, allowing the company to demonstrate their Rebel's Safe Strike software product for Battle Management and Command & Control applications.
  • "Battle Management and C&C applications are a key focus for us at Abaco, and this partnership with Rebel allows us to show prospective customers a complete, integrated, hardware and software solution that is rugged and ready to deploy," said Peter Thompson, Vice President, Product Management at Abaco Systems.
  • Safe Strike is a battlefield management application based on Rebel Alliance Core Engine (RACE).
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.

AMETEK Announces Agreement to Acquire Abaco Systems

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Monday, March 22, 2021

BERWYN, Pa., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announcedthat it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Abaco Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission critical embedded computing systems, from Veritas Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.35 billion.

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  • BERWYN, Pa., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --AMETEK, Inc. (NYSE: AME) today announcedthat it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Abaco Systems, Inc., a leading provider of mission critical embedded computing systems, from Veritas Capital in an all-cash transaction valued at $1.35 billion.
  • Abaco Systems specializes in open-architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense, and specialized industrial markets.
  • "We are excited for the opportunity to acquire Abaco Systems.
  • Upon closing, Abaco Systems will join AMETEK as part of its Electronic Instruments Group (EIG) - a leader in advanced analytical, monitoring, testing, calibrating and display instruments with annualized sales of $3.0 billion.

Abaco Systems Announces Design Win with Medical Device Company

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems, Inc. announces a design win award of $3 million, with a long-term value of $30 million, supporting a medical device that uses low-coherence light to capture micrometer-resolution in two and three dimensional images.This design win contains the ICS-1650, Abaco's rugged 2-Channel DC-coupled ADC PCI Express card for software defined radio (SDR) applications.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems, Inc. announces a design win award of $3 million, with a long-term value of $30 million, supporting a medical device that uses low-coherence light to capture micrometer-resolution in two and three dimensional images.This design win contains the ICS-1650, Abaco's rugged 2-Channel DC-coupled ADC PCI Express card for software defined radio (SDR) applications.
  • Pete Thompson,VP of Product Management forAbaco Systems, Inc. said, "This design win shows Abaco's commitment to our customer's successes in industrial environments.
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.
  • With an active presence in hundreds of national asset platforms on land, sea and in the air, Abaco Systems is trusted where it matters most.

Abaco Systems Wins Order to Support Upgrade of AC-130J Gunships

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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Abaco was selected for its ability to innovate and deliver while meeting critical schedule requirements.

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  • Abaco was selected for its ability to innovate and deliver while meeting critical schedule requirements.
  • Abaco has delivered ~50 legacy MAGIC1 systems over the past several years for this application.
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense, and industrial applications.
  • With an active presence in hundreds of national asset platforms on land, sea and in the air, Abaco Systems is trusted where it matters most.

Abaco Wins New Contract for Electronic Warfare Analysis System

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Abaco's conduction cooled, rugged, chip down, RF processing board is built on a 3U VPX form factor.

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  • Abaco's conduction cooled, rugged, chip down, RF processing board is built on a 3U VPX form factor.
  • In this fast-changing defense industry, our expert engineers support our customers so they can focus on other core system elements to deliver their best technology solutions.
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.
  • With an active presence in hundreds of national asset platforms on land, sea and in the air, Abaco Systems is trusted where it matters most.

Abaco Wins Major Order to Support Space Force Protected Tactical Satellite Communication Program

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems, Inc. announces an initial award of a $900k design win, with a lifetime potential win of several million, for ground control interface supporting Space Force's Protected Tactical Satellite (PTS) Communication Program (SATCOM).

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Jan. 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems, Inc. announces an initial award of a $900k design win, with a lifetime potential win of several million, for ground control interface supporting Space Force's Protected Tactical Satellite (PTS) Communication Program (SATCOM).
  • PTS serves as a next generation anti-jamming satellite communication system to support warfighters globally.
  • Abaco is proud to continue our strong tradition of supporting warfighters on land, air, and sea with this design win.
  • The win contains Abaco's VP868 FPGA card, as well as the FMC172 FPGA mezzanine card.

Abaco Wins Major Order to Equip Next Generation SOSA™ Aligned Multifunction Processor for Military Aircraft

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

At the heart of this advanced embedded system are two Abaco SOSA aligned rugged SBC3511 3U VPX single board computers.

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  • At the heart of this advanced embedded system are two Abaco SOSA aligned rugged SBC3511 3U VPX single board computers.
  • These will serve as the backend processor and subsystem mission computer for a complete, integrated 12-slot 3U VPX system.
  • One of the SBC3511s will act as host to the Abaco RAR15X high density MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC 429 XMC front I/O module.
  • System production is anticipated to begin in 3Q21 with deliveries scheduled through the end of 2025.

Abaco Systems Wins Order for Real-time Computing in Ground Mobile Early Warning System

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Tuesday, November 17, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems announces a design win for an order from a major European defense contractor which utilizes our powerful and rugged processing modules to implement real-time edge computing at the heart of a ground mobile early warning system.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Abaco Systems announces a design win for an order from a major European defense contractor which utilizes our powerful and rugged processing modules to implement real-time edge computing at the heart of a ground mobile early warning system.
  • The early warning system will provide protection for ground force command centers using radar and LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technologies.
  • The initial order is valued at $1.0 million while the win's total value to Abaco is expected to be $3.0 million over five years.
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.

Abaco Systems Announces New 3U VPX Graphics Output Card

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Tuesday, November 10, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaco Systems announces the newest addition to its line of NVIDIA Turing architecture chip-down GPU family of products with the GRA115Q 3U VPX Graphics Output card.

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  • HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Nov. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Abaco Systems announces the newest addition to its line of NVIDIA Turing architecture chip-down GPU family of products with the GRA115Q 3U VPX Graphics Output card.
  • Peter Thompson, Vice President of Product Management at Abaco Systems, Inc. said, "The GRA115Q along with other new Abaco 3U VPX offerings, provides Abaco with a complete portfolio of here and now solutions for mission-ready systems of all sizes and processing requirements.
  • With more than 30 years' experience, Abaco Systems is a global leader in open architecture computing and electronic systems for aerospace, defense and industrial applications.
  • With an active presence in hundreds of national asset platforms on land, sea and in the air, Abaco Systems is trusted where it matters most.