The Digital Audio Communications System, the 251 Amplifier, the NPX138 Stereo Transceiver and the RT-7000 Mission Critical Communications Radio will all feature in the H160, after Airbus Helicopters selected Cobham.

A delegation from the UK Home Office, along with members of the emergency services including Wiltshire Air Ambulance, visited Boscombe Down in July to see a test system from QinetiQ and Cobham in action.