Harris Corporation has placed a series of orders for RF Microelectronics with Cobham in support of its Electronic Warfare (EW) programme, Cobham announced on 4 January.
The orders have a combined valued of around $35 million. The systems will be provided by Cobham Microelectronic Solutions, a business unit of the Cobham Advanced Electronics Solutions sector.
Harris EW solutions are designed to provide self-protection from air-to-air and surface-to-air radar guided threats by detecting, identifying and managing electronic countermeasure responses.
Andy Graven, senior vice president and general manager, Cobham Microelectronic Solutions, said: ‘By leveraging our deep expertise in radio frequency technologies, we are able to provide our customers with high levels of technical performance in demanding environments.
'We are especially proud of our track record of on-time deliveries and solid programme execution. Our assembly, inspection, and test automation processes enable us to deliver electronics with a very high level of reliability.’
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