8th Mar 2006 07:03
Cobham PLC08 March 2006 COBHAM WINS CONTRACTS WORTH $26M IN USA Cobham plc (Cobham) announces the award of two contracts for military landvehicles and aircraft worth more than US$26m in total. H Koch & Sons (Koch), part of the Cobham Life Support Division, has beenawarded a contract worth at least US$18m for improved passenger restraintsystems for HMMWVs (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles), followingrapid development and evaluation by Koch at the end of 2005. The restraints arebeing initially provisioned for vehicles in war zones as a safety improvement,with production commencing immediately from Koch's facility in California, USA. Sargent Fletcher Inc (SFI), part of the Cobham Air Refuelling & AuxiliaryMission Equipment Division, has been awarded follow on contracts from LockheedMartin Corporation worth more than US$8m for its 600 gallon external fuel tanksfor the F-22 Raptor jet aircraft. The SFI designed, developed, and tested 600gallon external fuel tank will be manufactured at its facility in California,USA. Allan Cook, Cobham Chief Executive, said, "I am very pleased that the equipment supplied by Koch is improving the safetyof troops travelling in HMMWVs. Koch continues to be an excellent addition toour Life Support Division. The contract award for the US Air Force F-22 production programme further extends our relationship with Lockheed Martin, which continues to develop on several fronts." ENQUIRIESCobham plc Tel: +44 (0)1202 882020Allan Cook, Chief ExecutiveWarren Tucker, Group Financial Director Weber Shandwick Square Mile Tel: +44 (0)20 7067 0746Susan Ellis, Kirsty Raper NOTESCobham plc - with five technology divisions and one in a service sector, the Group designs and manufactures equipment, specialised systems and components for the aerospace, defence, communications, law enforcement and national security markets, and operates, maintains and modifies aircraft, particularly in relation to special mission flight operations and surveillance. Cobham Life Support Division - is a specialist provider of aviation oxygen to the military and civil markets. The division also designs and manufactures high technology pneumatic equipment for fin actuation in missiles, with a niche position in cryostatic cooling for land and aviation markets. In the personal survival market, products are produced for naval and land applications, including aircrew and vehicle restraints, parachute release mechanisms and flotation gear. Cobham Air Refuelling and Auxiliary Mission Equipment Division - specialises inthe provision of tactical tanking for helicopters, buddy-buddy and special operations as well as strategic tanking for deployment and sustainment of fixed and rotary wing aircraft. The division also designs and manufactures: external fuel tanks, missile launchers, pneumatic and pyrotechnic bomb ejection, defensive aid chaff and flare systems, pneumatic multi-store carriers, aerial targets, filtration and liquid separation systems, and area, terminal and ground movement control systems. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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