Cobham Wins Missile Defense Agency Task Orders

3 August 2011

Cobham Wins $227M in Missile Defense Agency Task Orders

ARLINGTON, Virginia - SPARTA, Inc. doing business as Cobham Analytic Solutions has been awarded nine task orders supporting the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) totaling $227M in value over two years. The task order awards were competed under the MDA Engineering and Support Services (MiDAESS) omnibus contract vehicle and covers support in the areas of Weapons Engineering; Flight Test; Command, Control, Communications Battle Management; Operations Support; Modeling and Simulation; Component Test, Facilities, Laser System Engineering, and Space System Engineering.

"These wins represent a continuation of Cobham's longstanding support to the Missile Defense Agency as well as expanding into new areas. Cobham has been providing missile defense engineering and analysis expertise for 30 years starting with the original architecture designs," said Randy Morgan, president of Cobham Analytic Solutions. "We are proud of the work we have done to support this critical national programme, and we look forward to continuing to provide MDA with outstanding engineering, deployment and infrastructure support under the MiDAESS programme."

Work will be performed across the United States, with primarily support concentrated in the National Capital Region; Huntsville, AL; and Colorado Springs, CO.

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 three divisions employing more than 11,000 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual revenue over £1.9bn / $3 billion.

About Cobham Analytic Solutions

SPARTA, Inc. doing business as Cobham Analytic Solutions provides a comprehensive range of scientific, systems engineering, and systems integration products and services to the United States Department of Defense and Intelligence communities.

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