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Contract Wins
Cohort PLC announced that its subsidiary, Marlborough Communications Ltd (MCL), has secured new contracts totaling £17.9 million. A UK government customer awarded MCL a £14.0 million contract for uncrewed air systems and two years of in-service support, with MCL partnering with Skydio for delivery. Additionally, MCL received a £3.9 million order for tactical audio systems from a UK customer. These wins enhance the Group's order book and future revenue visibility, fully underpinning the 2025/26 financial year consensus forecast revenue. Disclaimer*
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\n\nOne Waterside Drive\nArlington Business Park\nReading\nBerks\nRG7 4SW\n \n \n30 January 2026\n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n \nCOHORT PLC\n(\"Cohort\" or \"the Group\")\n \n \n \nCONTRACT WIN\n \n \nCOHORT SUBSIDIARY MCL AWARDED NEW CONTRACT WINS TOTALLING £17.9M\n \n \nCohort plc, the independent technology group, is pleased to announce that its subsidiary Marlborough Communications Ltd (\"MCL\") has been awarded a contract with a total value of £14.0m, by a UK government customer for immediate delivery of uncrewed air systems, together with in-service support for two years. MCL will work with its long-term partner Skydio to supply these systems. In addition, MCL has received an order valued at £3.9m for supply of tactical audio systems for a UK customer.\n \n Andrew Thomis, Cohort Chief Executive, said:\n \n \"These valuable orders demonstrate the strength of MCL's relationships with its UK customers. Its highly skilled and knowledgeable team has a proven track record of combining the latest innovations in technology with expert engineering to meet urgent defence needs.\n \n\"These latest contracts, combined with other recent orders across the Group, further enhance our order book and the visibility of future revenues. Sufficient orders have now been secured to underpin fully the Group's 2025/26 financial year consensus forecast revenue.\"\n \n-Ends-\n \n \nFor further information please contact:\n \n\n\n\n\nCohort plc\n\n\n0118 909 0390\n\n\n\n\nAndrew Thomis, Chief Executive\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSimon Walther, Finance Director\nKellie Young, Head of Investor Communications\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInvestec Bank Plc (NOMAD and Broker)\n\n\n020 7597 5970\n\n\n\n\nChristopher Baird, Carlton Nelson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMHP\n\n\n07817 458804\n\n\n\n\nReg Hoare, Ollie Hoare, Hugo Harris\n\n\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\nNOTES TO EDITORS \n \nCohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is the parent company of seven innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK, Australia, Germany and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.\nCohort (AIM: CHRT) was ad...