Contract Win

29 April 2010

Cobham to upgrade and support Air Defence and Air Traffic Services for UK MoD

BOURNEMOUTH, United Kingdom - Cobham will upgrade and support key air traffic control systems and operations for the UK Ministry of Defence through to at least 2015, after being awarded three contracts totalling £12 million. The contracts include the Watchman Radar Viewing Unit and Airfield Radar Integration projects, where Cobham will continue to support existing installed equipment and the Radar Remoting & Combining project.

Under the Radar Remoting & Combining project Cobham will replace legacy systems with its RDSTrack product and provide ongoing support. Intended to be fully operational in March 2011, the new system will enable access to surveillance data from remote sites for the purpose of providing Air Traffic Control, Royal Navy Fighter Control and Range Safety Services.

"These contract awards from a major customer further endorse both our Air Traffic Management systems and our through life support programs," said Cobham Aviation Services President Stephen Fitz-Gerald. "It shows that the MoD has real confidence in our growing RDS product range."

About Cobham Aviation Services

Cobham Aviation Services operates more than 150 fixed and rotary wing aircraft globally. It operates the largest civil maritime surveillance contract in the world and trains all UK helicopter pilots for the Navy, Air Force and Army. The Division provides modern battlespace air warfare training and essential flight inspection services and air traffic control radar systems for civil and military airports in the UK, Europe and beyond. It also specialises in conversion and support of civil and military platforms including the RAF Sentry E3-D fleet. The Division has responsibility for overseeing Cobham's involvement in the Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft (FSTA) programme.

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 £1.9bn / $3 billion.

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