Cobham Awarded US $16.9 Million US Navy Contract

21 September 2011

Cobham Awarded US $16.9 Million US Navy Contract for AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitters

LANSDALE, Pennsylvania -- Cobham has been awarded a US $16.9 million contract from the US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group for US Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and E/A-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The new contract continues funding for a fourth full rate production lot, bringing the total number of production transmitters ordered to 233 of 315 required. To date 157 transmitters and 323 antenna products have been delivered. The contract's initial award procured 60 Low Band Transmitters and an associated number of antenna assemblies in a variety of configurations.

The AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group (LBT-AG), developed by Cobham Sensor Systems, has been in production since 2005. The LBT is designed to protect strike aircraft, ships, and ground troops by disrupting enemy radar and communications. It is flown on US Navy EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G aircraft and Marine Corps EA-6B aircraft, and has been used in combat operations.

This award continues a long tradition of Cobham support to the Navy's mission success in harm's way. Cobham's support to the Navy extends beyond Airborne Electronic Warfare. The Low Band Transmitter complements other ALQ-99 work, to include Next Generation Jammer, the Next Generation Airborne Electronic Attack study, and the fleet's Integrated Topside (InTop) and Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP).

The original base firm fixed price contract was competitively procured. Deliveries will continue immediately beyond the currently contracted Full Rate Production Lots, and are expected to continue through 2014. The contract also allows for up to three more annual options to procure the balance of LBT-AG systems.

About Cobham

Cobham specializes in meeting the insatiable demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth in defense, security and commercial environments. Offering a technically diverse and innovative range of technologies and services, the Group protects lives and livelihoods, responding to customer needs with agility that differentiates it. The most important thing we build is trust. Employing more than 11,000 people on five continents, the Group has customers and partners in over 100 countries, with annual revenue of some £1.9bn /US$3 billion.

Cobham Sensor Systems

Cobham Sensor Systems designs and manufactures active and passive microwave components, assemblies and subsystems, composites and radomes for the aerospace

and defense industries, and is the leading supplier of many microwave products.

Sensor Systems specialises in RF and microwave front ends for radar, phased arrays, communication and electronic warfare systems, providing components, integrated

assemblies and subsystems for military aircraft, ground vehicles, missiles, naval vessels, space launch vehicles and satellites. Cobham Sensor Systems components and subsystems

are at the heart of many of the world's prominent military platforms, including the US Navy's Aegis radar system, Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter and a host of strategic and tactical munitions. Cobham Sensor Systems has also applied its core

capabilities to military composites, producing components and airframe systems for UAVs, munitions, rotorcraft and F-35 fighter aircraft.

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