Passing of Alex Hannam OBE
It is with deep regret that we announce that Alex Hannam OBE passed away on Friday 22 January 2010, aged 63 years. Alex was a Cobham Board director from 2003 to 2007, responsible for what is now Cobham’s Aviation Services Division and a key contributor to the Group’s strategic review undertaken in 2005. Our thoughts and deepest sympathy are extended to Alex’s family for their loss.
Cobham 75th Anniversary
Thursday 29 October 2009 marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the company now known as Cobham. Visit http://www.cobham75.com/ to learn more.
By 1934, Sir Alan Cobham had already established his reputation as an aviation pioneer, passionate about making the aircraft a mainstream means of transport. He came to prominence flying possible commercial airline routes between the UK and India, Africa, and Australia during the 1920s. During the 1930s, he introduced more than a million people to the experience of flight with his famous “Cobham’s Flying Circus” travelling air exhibitions.
Although the company he founded in 1934 started as an air-to-air refuelling specialist and is still the world leader in this field, Cobham today is so much more. Through a combination or organic growth and the acquisition of over 50 companies, the Group’s capabilities are now increasingly focused around C4ISR and safety and survival.
Its products and services have played pivotal roles in world events from the Berlin Airlift to the US and European space programs, and relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the Chinese Sichuan earthquake in 2008.
Cobham’s tagline “The most important thing we build is trust” is reflected in the company’s development – leveraging innovative technologies with exceptionally talented people.