Cohort Subsidiary SCS Wins New 4-year Mod Leapp Contract

Cohort plc, the defence technical services group, today announces that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Systems Consultants Services Limited (SCS), has been awarded a new, two-phase 4-year contract for the UK Ministry of Defence's Land Environment Air Picture Provision (LEAPP). The value to SCS from the initial phase, which concludes in April 2007, will be pound500,000. Thereafter, subject to MOD's decision to continue the project, there is the potential for further work estimated at pound5m for the period 2007 - 2010. By supplying a number of new hardware and software elements, this project will provide a greatly enhanced Air Picture (a representation of the air space above a battlefield) for the UK's land forces.

The contract award comes through the Lockheed Martin led Team Athena, of which SCS is an integral part. Team Athena has been selected competitively as the LEAPP contractor. SCS's role within the contract will be to provide technical and domain expertise, focusing on concept of operation and operational matters; communication systems (including system concept and design); information exchange requirements; sensor system concepts; system engineering and system analysis; planning, management and execution of technology demonstrations; risk management; and bid and business development support.

Additionally, SCS Mothership Ltd, a joint venture company 50% owned by SCS, has been awarded a contract from Lockheed Martin to provide advanced 3D mapping, imagery and visualisation software with data analysis for LEAPP. This initial contract will have a value of between pound50,000 and pound250,000. There is the potential for further work estimated at between pound1.3m and pound3.0m for the period 2007 - 2010, and a post delivery support package valued at pound300,000 for the period 2011 - 2016.

Stanley Carter, Chief Executive of Cohort plc said:
"This is a tremendously exciting project and one for which our skills and expertise are aptly attuned. We have built a strong and close relationship with Lockheed Martin and Team Athena members through the support we have provided during a complex Assessment Phase. We are delighted the MOD has selected Team Athena for this important programme and we look forward to continuing our role into the development phase."

Source : Cohort plc

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