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Vaisala Measurement Systems signed several significant contracts during 2008.

A contract with a long standing customer for delivery of upper air observation products during 2008. The order was valued at 8.3 million euros and included radiosondes and accessories.

A contract with a long-term customer on the delivery of weather station components. The value of the contract was approximately 6 million euros and the components were delivered during 2008.

A three-year contract with Australian Bureau of Meteorology, worth in excess of 5 million euros, to supply radiosondes for the needs of the country’s upper air observation network.

A contract with the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on the delivery of weather radar signal processors and software for the FAA Terminal Doppler Weather Radar network operating at major airports in the USA. The contract is valued at 6.9 million dollars and deliveries will take place in 2009.

Vaisala was awarded a phase II upgrade contract for the United States wind profiler network.  The National Weather Service is utilizing a multi-step, multi-year process aimed at replacing the US wind profiler network with a next generation system. The third phase of the project will begin in March 2009.

Vaisala provides the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Roshydromet) with state-of-the-art surface weather monitoring technology. The value of the contract is 4.7 million euros and deliveries started in 2008.