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Following Thrane Acquisition, Cobham Consolidates Satcom Businesses

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, November 1st, 2012

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Britain’s Cobham plc this week said it has a established Cobham SATCOM, a new strategic business unit that combines the company’s satellite communications businesses into one organization. The new alignment follows Cobham’s acquisition earlier this year of the Danish satellite communications firm Thrane & Thrane, which doubled the size of its satcom business, provided it with a broader range of capabilities in the satcom area, including a leading position in the antenna business (Defense Daily, April 11). Cobham SATCOM is…

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