Dourdan, France - Cobham Aerospace Communications has, for the fourth time in five years, received the prestigious 'Best Performance Award' from Airbus, who recognised the business units "excellent industrial performance on Airbus serial programmes and its sustainability in 2014".

Having identified Cobham to become, and remain, their sole source and tier one antenna supplier in 2007, Airbus set a number of qualifying criteria to enable Cobham to remain a strategic partner. What followed was five years of thorough work embedding Airbus' processes through direct and continuous improvement; improving research and development methods through GRESS process implementation, production and product audit processes and certifications, SQIP supplier quality system, ensuring a robust on-time-to-deliver process, investing and training Cobham employees and securing solid local supplier's networks to ensure long term growth.

Since implementation, Cobham Aerospace Communications has been awarded the 'Best Improved' and 'Best Performer' by Airbus for three consecutive years since 2011, and again in 2015.

With stringent conditions in place, productivity on site has increased by 60% which, when combined with Cobham's Excellence in Delivery initiative, has resulted in a leaner and more industrial set up, providing solid foundations with which to provide global connectivity solutions to aircraft makers.

Cobham is proud to have been awarded the 'Best Performance Award' from Airbus in 2015.

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About Cobham Aerospace Communications

Innovating the control and communications technology aircraft depend on.

Our avionics, connectivity, slip rings and microwave systems for air and space platforms are at the leading edge of technological development.

In the fields of defence, security and commercial aerospace, the innovative, high performance solutions we provide enable our customers' assets to perform to their maximum potential.

About Cobham

The most important thing we build is trust.

We protect lives and livelihoods with our differentiated technology and know-how, operating with a deep insight into customer needs and agility. Our innovative range of technologies and services solve challenging problems in harsh environments across commercial, defence and security markets, from deep space to the depths of the ocean, specialising in meeting the growing demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth.

We employ more than 12,000 people on five continents, and have customers and partners in over 100 countries, with market leading positions in: wireless, audio, video and data communications, including satellite communications; defence electronics; air-to-air refuelling; aviation services; life support and mission equipment.

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