3rd Dec 2008 11:30
3 December 2008
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COBHAM SECURITY SPECIALIST APPOINTED TO OBAMA-BIDEN TRANSITION TEAM
Maureen Baginski, Senior Vice President of Cobham's SPARTA National Security Sector has been appointed a member of the Obama-Biden Transition Team's National Security Agency Review Team. Agency Review Teams will complete a thorough review of key departments, agencies and commissions of the United States government, as well as the White House, to provide the President-elect, Vice President-elect, and key advisors with information needed to make strategic policy, budgetary, and personnel decisions prior to the inauguration. The Teams will ensure that senior appointees have the information necessary to complete the confirmation process, lead their departments, and begin implementing signature policy initiatives immediately after they are sworn in.
Ms Baginski is on leave of absence during this time and will return to the Company when the team disbands, predicted to be in late 2008 or early 2009.
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Cobham's products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 70 years, keeping people safe, improving communications and enhancing the capability of land, sea, air and space platforms. The Company has four divisions employing more than 12,500 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual revenues of more than £1bn.
SPARTA provides world-class technical products and services to the defense, intelligence, and homeland security sectors of the federal government. Since the SPARTA's inception in 1979, it has successfully applied outstanding intellectual talent and expertise to help solve major national defense and intelligence challenges. SPARTA focuses on problems that require critical technical analysis, innovative engineering solutions, and expert acquisition support and has established a reputation for integrity, technical excellence, and customer satisfaction.
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