Avionics News December 2012 - 67

Latitude Technologies
LATITUDE TECHNOLOGIES announced it

Cobham
COBHAM PLC has established a new strategic business unit – Cobham SATCOM – that combines all of the Group’s satellite communications businesses into one organization, following the successful acquisition and integration of Danish satcom company, THRANE & THRANE, earlier this year. Thrane & Thrane will trade as Cobham SATCOM as of November 2012, and will form the core of the new SBU. Headquartered in Denmark, Cobham SATCOM is led by Thrane & Thrane CEO WALTHER THYGESEN with assistance from a multinational management team, and includes Cobham’s satcom facilities in Cape Town, South Africa, Concord, Calif., and Orlando, Fla. Cobham SATCOM is now twice the size of what either Thrane & Thrane or Cobham’s legacy satcom businesses were prior to this combination. Rebranding of Thrane & Thrane will begin immediately and is expected to complete during 2013. In addition to adopting the Cobham SATCOM name and Cobham’s brand, the SATCOM SBU will be rebranding its products throughout 2013. Some of Cobham’s satcom product lines will be adopting Thrane & Thrane’s product names: Cape Town’s airborne products will be renamed AVIATOR, and Orlando’s land-mobile products will be renamed EXPLORER; the SAILOR and Sea Tel maritime product names will continue to be used. “Cobham SATCOM has a great future,” said RICHARD TYSON, president of the Cobham Aerospace and Security Division that includes SATCOM SBU. “The integration of the businesses is going well, with teams focused on how best to bring together complementary product lines and routes to market so that we can grow the business further. As the demand for airborne, land-mobile and maritime satellite communications continues to increase, we’re working hard to make it easier for customers to buy from us a wider range of satcom equipment and integrated solutions.” For more information, visit Cobham at www.cobham.com.q

hired BRAD HEAD as its new vice president of technology. Head will be responsible for providing architectural definition and technical leadership on all software and data services for Latitude. His role will enable him to work on maximizing current software and data management systems for customers and also work on future software and data analytics development. “Head adds more than 20 years of product Brad Head development and technological innovation to our team,” said MARK INSLEY, Latitude Technologies president. “He is highly regarded for his ability to integrate software into useable data that improves efficiencies and operations. His efforts have resulted in the creation of standards in the transportation and health care sectors in Canada, and now he is bringing that experience to Latitude.” For more information, contact Latitude Technologies at 1-888-9665599 or visit www.latitudetech.com. q

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP.

named aerospace industry veteran MIKE WEST as vice president, product support sales and new business development. West reports to MARK BURNS, president, Gulfstream product support. Since September 2002, West has been director, product support programs, Gulfstream. In that capacity, his duties included oversight and management of PlaneParts, Mike West Gulfstream’s fee-based parts subscription program; negotiations, budget and financial responsibility for customer warranty management, contracts and programs, including Gulfstream’s NetJets program; and establishing infrastructure and resources for Gulfstream customers in emerging world markets, such as China and Brazil. For more information, contact Gulfstream at 912-965-3000 or visit www.gulfstream.com. q

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