STEVENAGE, UK-- Cobham Antenna Systems has been awarded a contract from
Embraer S.A. to design and manufacture nose radomes for the KC-390
military transport aircraft being developed for the Brazilian Air Force.
“We look forward to building upon the relationship between Embraer S.A.
and Cobham, first established on the AMX Fighter programme,” said Fred
Cahill, vice president of Cobham Antenna Systems. “We expect to perform
preliminary and detailed design activities this year, with
manufacturing of prototypes and qualification during 2013 in readiness
for first flight of the prototype in March 2014.”
Cobham manufactures a wide range of radomes to the most exacting
tolerances to meet diverse requirements such as aerodynamic loads,
bird-strike, hail, lightning strike, low Radar Cross Section (RCS),
installed radar / antenna performance through to ballistic protection.
Cobham radomes are used by airborne, naval and land-based platforms
covering the military and civilian markets.
Major programmes using Cobham radomes include the full radome suite for
the Eurofighter Typhoon, the nose radome for the Korean TA-FA-50 lead in
fighter / trainer, the main surveillance radar radome for the NFH-90
helicopter, through to Satcom radomes to high speed trains.
Asian Defence News
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