{"id":12963,"date":"2024-07-16T10:16:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/?p=12963"},"modified":"2024-07-16T10:16:24","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T10:16:24","slug":"eid-signs-e33m-contract-with-nato-communications-and-information-agency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/eid-signs-e33m-contract-with-nato-communications-and-information-agency\/","title":{"rendered":"EID signs \u20ac33m contract with NATO Communications and Information Agency"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cohort, the AIM-listed independent technology group, announces that, following a competitive tender, its subsidiary EID has signed<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to supply the Portuguese Army with a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Tactical Deployable Communication and Information System (TDCIS). The value of the signed\u00a0contract is \u20ac33 million with delivery over a three year period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Andy Thomis, Cohort Chief Executive, said:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are delighted that EID has been selected for this important programme. EID is well-known for its communications technology and TDCIS will provide the Portuguese Army with a highly effective, modern system, interoperable with NATO allies. Together with recent contracts to provide its Integrated Communications System to Damen for the Portuguese Navy\u00b4s Multi-Purpose Vessel (MPV) and to the Chilean Navy, this win takes EID’s order intake to over \u20ac45m in the last 4 months.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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ENDS<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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For further information please contact:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cohort plc – 0118 909 0390<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Andy Thomis, Chief Executive<\/span><\/p>\n

Simon Walther, Finance Director<\/span><\/p>\n

Emily McBride, Group Head of Marketing and Corporate Communications<\/span><\/p>\n

Raquel McGrath, Company Secretary<\/span><\/p>\n

Investec Bank Plc (NOMAD and Broker) – 020 7597 5970<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

cohort@mhpgroup.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Carlton Nelson, Christopher Baird<\/span><\/p>\n

MHP (PR agency) – 020 3128 8276<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Reg Hoare, Ollie Hoare, Hugo Harris<\/span><\/p>\n

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NOTES TO EDITORS\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cohort plc (<\/span>www.cohortplc.com<\/a><\/span><\/span>) is the parent company of six innovative, agile and responsive businesses based in the UK, Germany and Portugal, providing a wide range of services and products for domestic and export customers in defence and related markets.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Cohort (AIM: CHRT) was admitted to London’s Alternative Investment Market in March 2006. It has headquarters in Reading, Berkshire and employs in total over 1,300 core staff there and at its other operating company sites across the UK, Germany, and Portugal.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>The group is split into two divisions – Communications and Intelligence, and Sensors and Effectors:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Communications and Intelligence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>EID designs and manufactures advanced communications systems for naval and military customers. Cohort acquired a majority stake in June 2016.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>www.eid.pt<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>MASS is a specialist data technology company serving the defence and security markets, focused on electronic warfare, digital services, and training support. \u00a0Acquired by Cohort in August 2006.\u00a0<\/span>www.mass.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>MCL designs, sources, and supports advanced electronic and surveillance technology for UK end users including the MOD and other government agencies. MCL has been part of the Group since July 2014.\u00a0<\/span>www.marlboroughcomms.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Sensors and Effectors<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Chess Dynamics offers surveillance, tracking and fire-control systems to the defence and security markets. Chess has been part of the Group since December 2018.\u00a0<\/span>www.chess-dynamics.com<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ELAC SONAR supplies advanced sonar systems and underwater communications to global customers in the naval marketplace.\u00a0 Acquired by Cohort in December 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>www.elac-sonar.de<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>SEA delivers and supports technology-based products for the defence and transport markets alongside specialist research and training services.\u00a0Acquired by Cohort in October 2007.\u00a0<\/span>www.sea.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cohort, the AIM-listed independent technology group, announces that, following a competitive tender, its subsidiary EID has signed\u00a0a contract with the NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency) to supply the Portuguese Army with a\u00a0Tactical Deployable Communication and Information System (TDCIS). The value of the signed\u00a0contract is \u20ac33 million with delivery over a three year period....","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":12972,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12963"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12970,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12963\/revisions\/12970"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eid.pt\/pt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}