Cobham Celebrates 75th Anniversary — Press Release

October 29, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Cobham Celebrates 75th Anniversary

WIMBORNE, United Kingdom – Cobham traces its origin to this day in 1934, when aviation pioneer and innovator Sir Alan Cobham founded Flight Refuelling Ltd. By 1934, Sir Alan Cobham had already established his reputation as an aviation pioneer, passionate about making the aircraft a mainstream means of transport. He came to prominence flying potential commercial airline routes between the UK and India, Africa, and Australia during the 1920s. During the 1930s, he introduced more than a million people to the experience of flight with “Cobham’s Flying Circus”.

Although the company he founded in 1934 started as an air-to-air refuelling specialist and is still the world leader in this field, Cobham today is so much more. Through a combination of organic growth and the acquisition of over 50 companies, the Group’s capabilities are now increasingly focused around C4ISR, safety and survival.

The Group’s products and services have played pivotal roles in world events from the Berlin Airlift to the US and European space programs, NATO operations and relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and China’s Sichuan earthquake in 2008. Cobham is also involved with customers and partners on some of the most important programmes in Aerospace and Defence such as Eurofighter Typhoon, F-35, Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft, A400M and vehicle intercom systems for land based vehicles.

Cobham has produced a commemorative web site and a book dedicated to its employees past and present. His Royal Highness Prince Philip, who knew Sir Alan and Sir Michael Cobham, has kindly written the foreword to this book. In it he states:

“Anyone who has a talent for engineering and the ambition to use it for the benefit of humanity would be well-advised to read this book as a source of inspiration and encouragement. Equally, anyone intending to follow a career in politics might learn some important lessons about the value of engineers and engineering to the creation of wealth and national prosperity.”

The Group’s development over the past 75 years has been guided by only four Chief Executives: Sir Alan Cobham, his son Sir Michael Cobham, Gordon Page CBE, and Allan Cook CBE.

For further information visit www.cobham75.com.

About Cobham:

Cobham’s products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated military and civil systems for 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 more than £1.4bn / $2.1 billion.

Contacts:

Greg Caires
Media Relations
+1 703 414 5319

Julian Wais
Investor Relations

+1 703 414 5319 +44 (0) 1202 857998

greg.caires@cobham.com
julian.wais@cobham.com

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Cobham Awarded US$40m Contract for Digital Vehicle Intercom Systems — Press Release

October 7, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Cobham Awarded US$40m Contract for Digital Vehicle Intercom Systems

BLACKBURN, United Kingdom – Cobham’s Defence Systems Division has received two delivery order releases valued at US$40m from Northrop Grumman for the ongoing supply of its ROVIS (AN/VIC-3) digital vehicular intercom systems for the US Army. All deliveries of the intercom system, which provides enhanced communication and situational awareness to users of armoured and light tactical vehicles including MRAPs, will be made by the end of first quarter 2010.

Allan Cook, Cobham Chief Executive said: “The demand for our digital vehicle intercom systems continues to grow, with more than 120,000 systems fielded with 18 armies around the world. This award builds on the success of the ROVIS (AN/VIC-3) product line which we have achieved through our ongoing relationship with Northrop Grumman in satisfying the US Army’s intercom requirements. ”

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 £1.4bn / $2.1 billion.

Cobham Defence Communications is a world leader in the design and supply of communication, battle management and soldier systems products which provide enhanced communications and tactical situational awareness for the warfighter. The Vehicular Intercommunication System product line provides enhanced communication and situational awareness to users of armoured and light vehicles and is in service with 18 armed forces around the world, with over 120,000 systems fielded.

Contacts:

Greg Caires
Julian Wais
Media Relations
Investor Relations

+1 703 414 5319
+44 (0) 1202 857998

greg.caires@cobham.com
julian.wais@cobham.com

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Cobham Wins U.S. Army Intercom Contract

August 20, 2009 by Matthew Potter · Comment
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Cobham and its U.S. partner Northrop Grumman were awarded a contract to provide vehicle intercom systems for the U.S. Army. This ten year contract could be worth over $10 billion if all options are exercised. The English company will provide its newer Vis-X system for use in a variety of armored and other vehicles. The two companies are already providing an earlier version of the system under a previous contract.

Over the last ten years the U.S. military has relied on European companies to provide all types of material. These companies often either have formed partnerships with major American contractors or invested in mergers and acquisitions of companies originally former there. This has allowed them to work within the constructs of U.S. technology transfer laws and provide the necessary competition required by U.S. contract requirements.

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