PALO ALTO, Calif., July 24 /EMWNews/ -- CPI International,

Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII), the parent company of Communications & Power

Industries, Inc., a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power

and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical,

scientific and other applications, expects to file its Form 10-Q for the

third fiscal quarter ended June 27, 2008, with the Securities and Exchange

Commission on Wednesday, August 6, 2008, and to issue a press release

regarding its financial results for the quarter after the close of the

Nasdaq Stock Market on the same day. CPI International will hold a

telephonic conference call in conjunction with this release that will be

broadcast live simultaneously over the Internet on the company's Web site

on Thursday, August 7, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT). Joe Caldarelli, chief

executive officer of CPI International, and Joel Littman, chief financial

officer, will host the call. Topics discussed on the call will include the

company's third quarter fiscal 2008 financial performance and the status of

its business.



    



    To participate in the conference call, please dial (877) 397-0292, or

(719) 325-4861 for international callers, enter participant pass code

2664596 and ask for the CPI International Third Quarter 2008 Financial

Results Conference Call.



    A replay of the call will be available until Friday, August 15, 2008.

To access the replay, please dial (888) 203-1112, or (719) 457-0820 for

international callers, and enter pass code 2664596.



    To access the call via the Web, please visit http://investor.cpii.com

on the morning of the call. Interested parties should allow extra time

prior to the call to visit the site and download the streaming media

software required to listen to the Internet broadcast. After the live call,

the online archive of the broadcast will remain available on the site for

one year. Additional information presented on the conference call may be

made available in the Investors section of the company's Web site at

http://investor.cpii.com.

    About CPI International, Inc.



    CPI International, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is the

parent company of Communications & Power Industries, Inc., a leading

provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for

critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other

applications. Communications & Power Industries, Inc. develops,

manufactures and distributes products used to generate, amplify and

transmit high-power/high-frequency microwave and radio frequency signals

and/or provide power and control for various applications. End-use

applications of these systems include the transmission of radar signals for

navigation and location; transmission of deception signals for electronic

countermeasures; transmission and amplification of voice, data and video

signals for broadcasting, Internet and other types of commercial and

military communications; providing power and control for medical diagnostic

imaging; and generating microwave energy for radiation therapy in the

treatment of cancer and for various industrial and scientific applications.