12th Dec 2005 07:00
Cobham PLC12 December 2005 12 December 2005 Cobham Wins €90m Contracts for the A400M Military Transport Aircraft Cobham plc (Cobham) announces that it has won two contracts, together worth over€90m, to provide air refuelling systems and Satcom antennas for the new tankerversions of the A400M Military Transport Aircraft (A400M). Flight Refuelling Limited, part of the Cobham Air Refuelling & Auxiliary MissionEquipment Division, has been selected by Airbus to supply its fourth generationrefuelling systems for the A400M. The order, worth in excess of €85m, willprovide the tanker versions of the A400M for Germany, Spain and France. Air refuelling operations will be a key tactical role of the A400M following itsintroduction into service, with the first tanker versions scheduled to commenceservice in 2011. The solution provided by Cobham will enable refuelling of bothfast jet and rotorcraft platforms The second order to supply Satcom antennas for the A400M has been secured by twoCobham Antennas Division companies, Chelton (Electrostatics) Limited in England and Omnipless in South Africa. The initial order is worth €5m, with Chelton (Electrostatics) providing management control and Omnipless providing the designtechnology and manufacturing support. Allan Cook, Cobham Chief Executive, said,"Selection by Airbus to supply fourth generation wing pod dispensing equipmentand hose drum units for centreline refuelling operations further consolidatesCobham's position as the market leader for strategic and tactical air refuellingsolutions. The selection of our advanced phased array Satcom antennas reinforcesour technical design and manufacturing capabilities." ENQUIRIESCobham plc +44 (0) 1202 882020Allan Cook, Chief ExecutiveWarren Tucker, Group Financial Director Weber Shandwick Square Mile +44 (0) 20 7067 0749Susan Ellis, ChairmanHelen Thomas NOTES TO THE EDITORCobham plc - with five technology divisions and one in a service sector, Cobhamdesigns and manufactures equipment, specialised systems and components for theaerospace, defence, communications, law enforcement and national securitymarkets and operates, maintains and modifies aircraft particularly in relationto special mission flight operations Cobham Air Refuelling & Auxiliary Mission Equipment Division - specialises inthe provision of tactical tanking for helicopters, buddy-buddy and specialoperations as well as strategic tanking for deployment and sustainment of fixedand rotary wing aircraft. The division also designs and manufactures: externalfuel tanks, missile launchers, pneumatic and pyrotechnic bomb ejection,defensive aid chaff and flare systems, pneumatic multi-store carriers, aerialtargets, filtration and liquid separation systems, and area, terminal and groundmovement control systems. The 908E wing pod dispensing equipment is a customer driven new pod design,tailored to meet the A400M air refuelling capability requirement. It representsthe next evolution of design and performance, leveraging the highly successfulfourth generation 900E series of refuelling systems, as qualified on theKC-130J, MC-130H, C-130E, A310 Multi Role Tanker Transport MRTT and selected forthe A330 MRTT programme. Cobham Antennas Division - capabilities include active, passive, tunable,steerable and adaptive antenna systems for military and civil applications. Thedivision also designs and manufactures RF filters, static dischargers, antennamasts, RF interference cancellation systems, honing and direction findingsystems. The Chelton Satcom HGA-7001 is the latest in a range of advanced phased array antennas, designed to comply with the ARINC 781 specification, harsh military environmental conditions and life cycle cost expectations. The product follows in the footsteps of the HGA-7000, which revolutionised the aerospace industry in terms of size and performance for phased array antennas. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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