Cobham bags US army chopper contract

Defence contractor Cobham has been awarded a five-year contract to supply on-board inert gas generating system nitrogen inert units for AH-64 Apache helicopters used by the US arm.

Defence contractor Cobham has been awarded a five-year contract to supply on-board inert gas generating system nitrogen inert units for AH-64 Apache helicopters used by the US arm.

The "indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity" contract is worth around $15m.

More than 1,500 Apache helicopters with Cobham nitrogen inert units have been delivered worldwide, the company said.

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