29th Jun 2009 07:00
Date: 29 June 2009
Cobham-Northrop Grumman Team Wins US Army VIS-X Contract Worth Up To US$2.4bn
A Cobham-Northrop Grumman team (NGCI) has been selected to provide the VIS-X Vehicular Intercommunication System Expanded for the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM). Under the terms of this Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract, the NGCI team is required to be able to deliver up to 500 VIS-X systems per month during the first year following completion of First Article Testing and up to 2,000 systems per month in subsequent years. The total value of the 10-year ID/IQ contract has an anticipated not-to-exceed ceiling of $2.4 billion, of which Cobham's share is fifty per cent.
VIS-X will provide vehicle crew members and occupants with improved speech intelligibility and hearing protection. It will also increase command and control of the on-board and external communication assets, connection to future Internet Protocol (IP)-based digital communications networks, VoIP services, and an increased number of user interfaces for use by crew and next generation IP radios. VIS-X can be used in both new production and legacy vehicle platforms, allowing the warfighter to utilise the same, state-of-the-art equipment regardless of vehicle type or age.
Northrop Grumman and Cobham will continue to supply VIC-3 systems to support the large installed base of more than 85,000 vehicles.
Allan Cook, Cobham Chief Executive said:
"Securing the VIS-X contract is fantastic news. It has been a major focus for us and our partners this year.
"VIS-X will allow soldiers and other vehicle mounted troops to communicate faster, safer and more securely with greater understanding of the operational situation during the most demanding missions. The new teaming agreement between Cobham and Northrop Grumman strengthens the 15 year relationship between our two companies supplying the existing VIC-3 system.
"Given that our Defence Communications and Mission Equipment businesses have been subdued in the first half of 2009, this excellent news underpins our confidence in the organic revenue growth of the Defence Systems Division for the full year."
About Cobham:
Cobham's products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for more than 70 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 more than £1.4 billion.
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