SPARTA Secures Prime Contract to Compete

11th October 2010

Cobham's Wholly-Owned Subsidiary SPARTA, Inc., Secures Prime Contract to Compete for US$1.6 Billion in Missile Defense Agency Task Orders

ARLINGTON, Virginia - Cobham plc ('Cobham') announces that its Cobham Analytic Solutions strategic business unit has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery/ Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with a not to exceed ordering ceiling of $1,618,900,000 to provide advisory and assistance services to the Directorate for Engineering and the Directorate for Test, Missile Defense Agency (MDA).

Cobham will bid on task orders over the next five years in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System, with work performed in all MDA operating locations to include Huntsville, Alabama, Washington D.C. and Colorado Springs. The contract is managed by the MDA Engineering and Support Services (MiDAESS) Program Office, which has awarded similar contracts to four other companies. All companies have the opportunity to bid on each individual task order, which are expected to start before the end of 2010.

Randy Morgan, Head of Cobham Analytic Solutions said:

"This long awaited award is great news for our employees and industry partners. The technically differentiated services we provide to the MDA under this contract will enable us to grow over the next five years."

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

About Cobham Analytic Solutions

Cobham Analytic Solutions is a strategic business unit of Cobham Defense Systems and is comprised of technical and military domain experts with security clearances and secure facilities and communications to provide defense customers the full scope of services necessary for successful weapon systems design, development and employment. Cobham Analytic Solutions employs approximately 1,200 people based across 20 U.S. sites, with principal locations in and around Washington D.C., in Huntsville, Ala., Southern California and Colorado Springs.