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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Cohort PLC\n03 March 2008\n\n\n3 March 2008\n\n\n SEA starts work on a European Space contract worth £12M\n\n\nCohort plc, a leading independent technical services business, is pleased to\nannounce that one of its subsidiary companies, SEA, has been authorised by the\nGerman satellite prime contractor EADS Astrium GmbH, to proceed with work on a\nnew contract that is expected to be worth circa £12M for the development and\nsupply of the BroadBand Radiometer (BBR) instrument of the EarthCARE satellite.\n\nSEA's BBR team, which has been working together for some time leading up to this\naward, is predominantly UK-based and includes the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory\n(RAL) and Sula.\n\nSEA also has a smaller role on another of EarthCARE's instruments, the Cloud\nProfiling Radar, which is being supplied for the mission by the Japanese Space\nAgency.\n\nEarthCARE is the third of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer Core\nMissions and is aimed at improving the understanding of interactions between\nclouds, aerosols and radiation - three factors believed to be important in the\nunderstanding of global warming. The BroadBand Radiometer will serve to confirm\nthe radiated energy estimates which will be derived from the profiles of clouds\nand aerosols measured by the other instruments.\n\nNick Prest CBE, Chairman of Cohort plc, commented: 'This is another terrific win\nand underlines SEA's strategic commitment to establish itself as an important UK\nsupplier of spacecraft instruments.'\n\n ENDS\n\nFor further information, please contact\n\nCohort plc 014 9184 3150\nSimon Walther, Finance Director\n\nInvestec 020 7597 5970\nMichael Ansell\n\nHogarth Partnership Limited 020 7357 9477\nJulian Walker, Andrew Jaques, Vicky Watkins\n\nNotes to Editors:\n\nCohort plc (www.cohortplc.com) is a technology group working primarily for\ndefence (air, land and sea), wider government and industry clients, through\nthree market-facing subsidiary companies:\n\n • MASS (www.mass.co.uk) - a specialist defence and aerospace systems\n developer focused mainly on Electronic Warfare, Information Systems, Managed\n Services and Secure Communications. Acquired by Cohort in August 2006 for\n an initial consideration of £12.5m.\n • SCS (www.scs-ltd.co.uk) - primarily an independent defence consultancy,\n combining technical expertise with practica...