Acquisitions & Disposals

Acquisitions 2011

October 2011 Trivec-Avant Corporation US$144m*
February 2011 Corp Ten International Inc. US$24m*
January 2011 Telerob €78m*

Acquisitions 2010

December 2010 R Vision US$48m*

Acquisitions 2009

December 2009 Safelife Systems US$0.6m
May 2009 Argotek Inc. US$36.25m

Acquisitions 2008

October 2008 Global Microwave Systems Inc. US$26m
September 2008 M/A-COM division of Tyco Electronics US$441m
June 2008 SPARTA Inc. US$441m
April 2008 MMI Research Ltd £19m
February 2008 Sensor & Antenna Systems, Lansdale Inc. US$243m
January 2008 S-TEC Corporation US$37m

Acquisitions 2007

December 2007 ADDE US$4.5m
August 2007 Patriot Antenna Systems US$45m

Acquisitions 2006

June 2006 Domo Ltd £18m
February 2006 Aerodata Flight Inspection GmbH €6.9m

Acquisitions 2005

September 2005 Tracstar Inc. US$9m
July 2005 Microwave Development Company US$14m
June 2005 Vector Fields Limited £2m
June 2005 H Koch & Sons Co US$51m
May 2005 REMEC Defense and Space Inc US$257m
February 2005 Mastsystems Internation Oy €12m
January 2005 WA Systems Limited £3m
January 2005 TCRMA €0.5m

Acquisitions 2004

December 2004 Temex SA €7.7m
October 2004 Spectronic Denmark A/S DKr225m
April 2004 NEC Aero SA €4.5m
April 2004 DTC Communications Inc US$48.2m
March 2004 Pentar Avionics C$3.8m
January 2004 Precision Antennas Limited £3.1m

Acquisitions 2003

November 2003 Harrison Division of Sierracin Corporation US$10.4m
October 2003 Transaustralian Air A$25.1m
October 2003 Nauticast AG €3m
October 2003 ERA Technology Limited £38.3m
September 2003 SeaTel Inc US$35.1m
August 2003 Litton Life Support unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation US$76m
July 2003 Thales Antennas Limited £5.5m
June 2003 Novatech Designs Limited C$1.4m
June 2003 Drager Aerospace GmbH US$28.4m
May 2003 Atlas Composites Limited £1.7m
May 2003 dB Systems Inc US$5.6m
January 2003 Orion Electronics Limited C$14m
January 2003 Xybion Sensor Positioning Systems Division US$1.4m

Acquisitions 2002

December 2002 LPC Rovis £32.1m
November 2002 Applied Composites AB SEK40.8
July 2002 Product Line from Universal Propulsion US$0.7m
May 2002 Coefi SA €0.8m
April 2002 Aerolec Pty A$0.6m

Acquisitions 2001

November 2001 Hyper Industrie SA and Hyper Numeriques SA FRF11.45m
September 2001 Micromill Electronics Limited £4.1m
August 2001 Product Line from OCEM Avionics Corp US$1.5m
June 2001 Sierra Flight Systems US$25.2m
May 2001 Airtron Microwave Product Line from Litton Industries US$15.7m
March 2001 Seimac Limited C$15.5m
February 2001 Omnipless (Proprietary) Limited £40.8m
January 2001 Team SA FRF98.7m

Acquisitions 2000

December 2000 BAE Systems (Power and Control) £65.7m
December 2000 Salies SA FRF43m
November 2000 Product Line from Datron Systems US$4.3m
June 2000 Product Line from Socata SA in France FRF6.9m
April 2000 Halleria (Pty)'s SART £0.5m
April 2000 Chelton Radomes £9m
April 2000 National Jet Systems AUD63.5m
February 2000 Culham Electromagnetics and Lightning £2m
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Disposals 2011

December 2011 Cobham MAL Ltd. Nominal
November 2011 Analytic Solutions US$350m
February 2011 Engineering Consultancy Group £13.5m

Disposals 2010

September 2010 Satori SAS €7.9m

Disposals 2009

March 2009 M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MTS) US$90m

Disposals 2006

November 2006 Chelton Applied Composites AB SEK55m
July 2006 Drager Aerospace GmbH €45.7m
June 2006 Slingsby Aviation Limited £1.7m
May 2006 Atlas Composites Limited £0.6m
April 2006 Precision Antennas Limited £15.4m
March 2006 Wallop Defence Systems £33.2m

Disposals 2005

December 2005 FR Countermeasures Inc. £3.5m
November 2005 Fluid and Air Division £148.3m
August 2005 Products division of Cobham Fluid Systems £7.9m

Disposals 2003

December 2003 Westwind Air Bearings £21.25m