Sargent Fletcher is a subsidiary company of Cobham plc.
which makes aircraft equipment, including aerial refueling systems, external fuel tanks, and special purpose pods.
According to a 1991 report the company submitted to regional air quality officials, the company's El Monte chrome-plating plant showed the highest cancer-risk level of any business in the San Gabriel Valley.
The KC-130J was supposed to be equipped with Flight Refuelling Ltd's Mk32B-901E hose-and-drogue units, but operational problems meant that the aircraft went into production using equipment from Sargent Fletcher instead.
[4] Aircraft using Sargent Fletcher equipment include:[2]