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Smiths Group PLC

24 September 2008

 



News Release

London, 24 September 2008

For immediate release

SMITHS INTERCONNECT WINS US COMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTS WORTH A POTENTIAL £225M 

SMITHS Group, the global technology business, today announces that its Interconnect division has won long-term design and supply contracts on US military communications programmes worth a potential £225 million. 

Smiths Interconnect provides a broad range of microwave components and sub-systems, antennas, connectors and surge protection devices for communications applications. These include satellites, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), airborne, shipboard and ground-based systems.

Revenue from this sector totalled more than £25 million in the last financial year and Smiths Interconnect has now been selected to supply programmes with a total revenue potential of more than £225 million over the next 10 years.

Significant wins included three satellite communications programmes for US forces: a shipboard communications programme; a Satellite Communications On The Move (SOTM) application; and the US Army Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) programme which provides reliable, secure and seamless video, data, imagery and voice services. 

Ralph Phillips, President, Smiths Interconnect, said: 'Military communications, and particularly data centric applications, provide an important opportunity for Smiths Interconnect.  We are investing in R&D to deliver higher frequency components and sub-systems. This has led to some excellent programme wins due to our superior technical differentiation.'  

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Smiths Group 

Smiths is a global technology company listed on the London Stock Exchange. A world leader in the practical application of advanced technologies, Smiths Group delivers products and services for the threat & contraband detection, energy, medical devices, communications and engineered components markets worldwide. Our products and services make the world safer, healthier and more productive.

On 1 August 2008, Smiths Group disbanded its Specialty Engineering division creating five divisions - Smiths Detection, John Crane, Smiths Medical, Smiths Interconnect and Flex-Tek - that serve a diverse range of global customers including governments and their agencies, petrochemical companies, hospitals, telecommunications companies and manufacturers in a variety of sectors around the world.

Smiths Group employs more than 20,000 people in over 50 countries. For more information visit www.smiths.com

Smiths Interconnect
Smiths Interconnect designs and manufactures specialised electronic and radio frequency products that connect, protect and control critical systems for the wireless telecommunications, aerospace, defence, space and medical markets. For further information visit www.smithsinterconnect.com

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