Draken Buys Cobham's Falcon Fleet; ATAC Lands Eglin Deal
With its purchase of Cobham’s Aviation Services division, Draken has gained a foothold in the European contractorized training services market.
A Cobham Falcon 20 outfitted with electronic warfare pods flies with one of Draken International’s Aero L-159 Honey Badgers. (Photo: Cobham)
A Cobham Falcon 20 outfitted with electronic warfare pods flies with one of Draken International’s Aero L-159 Honey Badgers. (Photo: Cobham)

U.S. contractorized air training services provider Draken International has purchased the Cobham Group's Aviation Services UK division. The deal was concluded on September 25 and encompasses several entities, including the former FR Aviation target facilities fleet, and some helicopter training and services activities.

Aviation Services UK is based at Bournemouth-Hurn airport and operates 15 Dassault Falcon 20s in the operational readiness training role for both air forces and navies. The aircraft are used for a variety of tasks, such as target-towing for aerial gunnery, mission rehearsal, naval air defense, and electronic-warfare training. The Falcons each have four underwing hardpoints for carrying podded electronic threat generation equipment and towed targets.

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