Cobham Receives Contracts

16 February 2011

Cobham Receives Contracts from Lockheed Martin Worth more than $25 Million for Aerial Refuelling Systems, External Fuel Tanks

DAVENPORT, IA - Cobham has been awarded contracts in excess of $25 million from Lockheed Martin to supply aerial refuelling systems and external fuel tanks for that company's C-130 Hercules aircraft.

"These systems will enable U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps operations where in-flight refuelling is critical to the success of the mission," said Iain Gibson, Vice President of Cobham Mission Equipment.

Cobham's 48-000 series aerial refuelling pods and 1360-gallon external fuel tanks are standard equipment on all Lockheed Martin HC-130J, MC-130J, and KC-130J tanker models. Cobham is the world leader in hose and drogue refueling systems, having supplied the vast majority of air-to-air refueling systems currently in operation around the globe. Cobham also has more than six decades of experience designing and manufacturing fuel tanks for the aerospace industry.

Work will be performed in Davenport, Iowa, with deliveries scheduled for 2011 and 2012.

About Cobham

Cobham's products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 75 years, keeping people safe, improving communications, and enhancing the capability of land, sea, air and space platforms. The Company has more than 11,000 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual revenue of some £1.9bn / $3 billion.

About Cobham Mission Equipment

Cobham Mission Equipment is a systems integration business that has been providing innovative solutions to its customers for over 75 years. The business is the market leader for air-to-air refuelling (AAR), providing fifth generation 'nose to tail' solutions from the cockpit of the donor aircraft, to the tail of the receiver platform. More than 1,000 systems have been delivered for buddy-buddy refuelling, tactical and strategic tanking for fixed wing aircraft and helicopters, with Unmanned Air vehicle refuelling development well advanced.

The 'nose to tail' AAR capability is complemented by a comprehensive 'wingtip to wingtip' offering covering a range of weapons carriage and release equipment, including missile launchers, cryogenic cooling for missile seekers, pneumatic missile fin actuation and wing store carriers, bomb ejection, defensive aids, chaff and flare systems.

Mission Equipment is also a systems solution provider in the field of Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) robot technology, providing a range of unmanned ground systems and robots serving international homeland security and military markets, with more than 700 systems delivered to 55 countries.

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