Cobham bags multiple ELINT orders
Cobham has recently been awarded multiple awards worth around $5.5 million for electronic warfare (EW) subsystems and components for an airborne electronic intelligence (ELINT) platform, it announced on 25 April.
The electronic systems to be supplied by the company will be integrated in a sensor suite for the aircraft's intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capability.
Andy Graven, senior vice president and general manager, Cobham Microelectronics Solutions, said: 'Cobham is proud to support our key customers on some of the nation's most advanced ISR programmes.
'Our radio frequency microelectronic solutions boast industry leading phase noise performance and high packaging density.'
ISR products from Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions include rotary joints, waveguide, microelectronics and integrated assemblies for EW and radar applications.
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