Contract Win

RNS Number : 5194U

Cohort PLC

18 October 2010

 



18 October 2010                                                                                                                                                        AIM: CHRT

PRESS RELEASE

COHORT PLC ("Cohort")

SEA Wins €5million EarthCARE Satellite System Contract

Cohort, the independent technology group, today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary SEA has secured a €5million contract to design and build the Atmospheric Lidar (ATLID) Command and Data Management unit, part of the ATLID instrument to be flown on the EarthCARE spacecraft in 2013.

The ATLID instrument measures the reflected signals from an ultraviolet laser to determine the chemical constituents of the atmosphere.  SEA's customer is the instrument prime contractor, EADS Astrium SAS in Toulouse.  The EarthCARE satellite is funded by the European Space Agency (ESA) and is the third ESA Earth Explorer core mission.

This work builds on SEA's existing roles on the EarthCARE spacecraft as the prime contractor for the Broad Band Radiometer instrument (announced in March 2008) and also the provider of the Multi Spectral Imager Instrument Control Unit (announced in July 2010).  Overall SEA has secured well over €20 million worth of contracts in respect of the EarthCARE mission.

Commenting on the contract, Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive of Cohort plc, said:

"This is another important and welcome programme win for SEA's Aerospace Division building on its key role in ESA's EarthCARE mission.

"It also demonstrates how Cohort as a whole continues to have success in diversifying and growing its revenues into sectors such as space."

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For further information, please contact

Cohort plc	Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Simon Walther, Finance Director	[phone]
Investec	Keith Anderson, Daniel Adams	[phone]
MHP Communications	Reg Hoare, Vicky Watkins	[phone]

Cohort plc (www.cohortplc.com)  

Cohort is an independent technology group working primarily for defence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through three market-facing subsidiary companies:

·     MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist systems house with considerable experience in the defence market and a focus on Information Systems.  Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;

·     SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - a defence consultancy, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006;

·     SEA (www.sea.co.uk) - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space, transport and offshore market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.   

Cohort (AIM: CHRT) was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and, through its operating companies, employs in total around 500 core staff there and at bases in Berkshire, Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.

 

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