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NEW YORK, NY, March 13, 2007 -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) today announced that its Link Simulation and Training (L-3 Link) division has received a contract from Raytheon Australia to build three F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers for the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
The F/A-18 Tactical Readiness Trainers are integrated with simulated controls, avionics, weapons and a flat panel display to view out-the-window visual scenes. These part task training devices operate on the same software as the three high fidelity F/A-18 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers that L-3 Link delivered during 2006 as part of the RAAF’s Hornet Aircrew Training System.
"The Tactical Readiness Trainers will provide a low-cost, complementary training capability to the F/A-18 Hornet Aircrew Training System’s Tactical Operational Flight Trainers," said Mike Wallace, vice president of Air Force and Navy Programs at L-3 Link Simulation and Training. "These systems will offload some of the procedural training now being conducted on F/A-18 Tactical Operational Flight Trainers, enabling the high fidelity devices to support more complex warfighting scenarios. The Tactical Readiness Trainers have the potential to be integrated with the Tactical Operational Flight Trainers in support of larger scale simulation exercises."
The three Tactical Readiness Trainers will be delivered to the RAAF’s two Hornet Aircrew Training System installations in late 2008.
L-3 Link is a systems integration organization that delivers and supports training systems and equipment to enhance operational proficiency. L-3 Link’s services include conducting front-end analysis, program design, simulator design and production and field support. L-3 Link has major operations in Arlington, TX, and other key bases of operation in Binghamton, NY; Orlando, FL; Broken Arrow, OK and Phoenix, AZ.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading provider of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, secure communications systems, aircraft modernization, training and government services. The company is a leading merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products, including guidance and navigation, sensors, scanners, fuzes, data links, propulsion systems, simulators, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave components. L-3 also supports a variety of Homeland Security initiatives with products and services. Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, selected U.S. Government intelligence agencies and aerospace prime contractors.
To learn more about L-3 Communications, please visit the company’s web site at
www.L-3Com.com.
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