Stec With $28 Million U.S. Military Supplier Contract

STEC, Inc. has partnered with a leading defense systems contractor and will supply its MACH8 Solid State Drives (SSD) for integration into a platform designed on behalf of the U.S. Military.

The MACH8 SSD is adaptable to a broad range of applications and its high endurance, reliability features, industrial temperature range (-40 degrees C to +85 degrees C), and ruggedized characteristics qualify it as the appropriate solution for a variety of the military’s most demanding applications. Shipments of the MACH8 SSDs will begin during the third quarter of 2009 as part of a 12 month, $28 million supply contract.

"We are proud to have been selected to provide our SSDs for use in this military initiative," said Manouch Moshayedi, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of STEC, Inc. "This contract marks the first major military win for our MACH8 line of SSDs. More significantly this contract win demonstrates that our SSD technologies are adaptable and appropriate for a broad range of industries."

STEC’s MACH8 SSD is revolutionizing the storage world by delivering to the users the superior reliability and performance in a fully integrated device. At the heart of the MACH8 SSD there is STEC’s leading edge controller able to address multiple flash chips simultaneously for Enterprise-level performance. In addition, the MACH8 incorporates such state of the art features as full industrial temperature range (-40 degrees C to +85 degrees C), military purge, and full data path protection of the entire drive. The MACH8 SSD product family offers a comprehensive array of options for both enterprise system architects and military mission critical support thus reinforcing STEC’s MACH8 SSD as a trusted solution for intensive and demanding applications.