Contract Win

27 May 2010

Cobham wins $46 Million U.S. Navy Contract for Low Band Transmitter

LANSDALE, PA - Cobham has been awarded a contract for some $46 million from Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to manufacture the AN/ALQ-99 Low Band Transmitter-Antenna Group for U.S. Navy and Marine Corps EA-6B and E/A-18G electronic warfare aircraft. The new contract continues funding for a third full rate production lot. The contract's initial award procures 60 Low Band Transmitters and an associated number of antenna assemblies in a variety of configurations. This award brings the total number of production transmitters ordered to 217 of 292 required transmitters. To date 80 transmitters have been delivered.

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 is heavily used in current operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 "This award continues a long tradition of Cobham support to the Navy's mission success," said Andy Humen, Vice President of Cobham Sensor Systems. "Our support to the Navy extends beyond Airborne Electronic Warfare. This Low Band Transmitter award complements our other ALQ-99 work, our success on the Next Generation Jammer, the Next Generation Airborne Electronic Attack study, and the fleet's Integrated Topside (InTop) and Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP)."

This $46 million firm fixed price contract was competitively procured. Deliveries will continue immediately beyond the currently contracted Full Rate Production Lot 1 and 2 efforts, and are expected to continue through 2012. The contract also allows for up to four annual options to procure the balance of LBT-AG systems and associated spares.

About Cobham Sensor Systems

Cobham Sensor Systems is a strategic business unit of Cobham Defense Systems and designs, develops, manufactures, and fields the most complex electromechanical subsystems and sensor platforms in the world, including: electronic warfare antennas; communication, navigation and identification antennas; radar antennas; and high-precision positioners.

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 four divisions employing more than 12,000 people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries and annual revenue of some £1.9billion / $3 billion.

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