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15 April 2014
Cohort PLC
("Cohort" or "the Group")
CONTRACT WINS TOTALLING £6 MILLION FOR MASS AND SCS
Cohort, the independent technology group, is pleased to announce that its subsidiaries MASS and SCS have been awarded contracts totalling in value £6 million.
MASS awarded two contracts worth £3m to supply Electronic Warfare ("EW") Database
MASS has been awarded two contracts to provide its leading EW Data Management System, known as THURBONTM, to customers in the Middle East and Far East with a total value in excess of £3 million. The first delivery will take place within one month.
In addition to the provision of the THURBON system, MASS will be supplying secure ICT infrastructures, a comprehensive training package, and in-country support.
UK Ministry of Defence ("MOD") Awards SCS Major £3m Training Contract
SCS has been awarded a contract with an initial value of £3 million to provide training and exercise support services for the Joint Warfare Division of the UK's Joint Forces Command.
The contract was awarded to SCS after a competitive tendering process carried out by the MOD's Defence Equipment and Support organisation. It will be delivered over the period to March 2015, and may be extended at the customer's discretion for a further year.
SCS has held contracts of this type continuously since 1996, initially with the Permanent Joint Headquarters and more recently with its successor organisation, the Joint Forces Command.
Andrew Thomis, Chief Executive Office, Cohort plc said:
"These orders for THURBONTM are excellent news for MASS and the Group. They are a further mark of success for this important product, which has already been selected as the UK's next generation EW data management system. The capability it provides has a direct and critical operational impact on modern armed forces."
"SCS's contract award from the Joint Forces Command is also a great achievement and represents a clear recognition that SCS provides the best operational level exercise support services in the defence industry. Contracts of this type enhance the Group's market leading position and provide an excellent reference for similar opportunities in the UK and overseas."
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Cohort plc
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 - a specialist systems house with considerable experience in the defence market and a focus on electronic warfare operational support and secure information systems. Based in Cambridgeshire, MASS was acquired by Cohort in August 2006;
SCS - a defence technical advisory business, combining technical expertise with practical experience and domain knowledge. Owned by Cohort since flotation in March 2006;
SEA - an advanced surveillance systems and software house with hardware development capability operating in the defence, space and transport market sectors. Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.
Cohort was admitted to London's Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has its headquarters in Berkshire and employs in total around 500 core staff there and at its other operating company sites in Bristol, Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Somerset.