LE BOURGET, France, June 13, 2005 – L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division has been awarded a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract valued up to $800 million for the U.S. Navy’s Fielded Training Systems Support Services II program. The contract was awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division in Orlando, FL.
Link, one of eleven companies chosen to compete for task orders under this ID/IQ contract, will have the opportunity to pursue programs that call for contractor operation and maintenance services, contract instruction services, training device relocations, training device and equipment modifications, instructional systems development, training systems management and other support at training sites around the world.
“We are very pleased to have been chosen to continue as one of the preferred contractors under the new Fielded Training Systems Support Services II program,” said David Williams, vice president of training services for Link Simulation and Training. “Link has decades of global experience in providing a full range of training services and we look forward to the opportunities that will present themselves on this comprehensive support program.”
Under a previous Fielded Training Systems Support Services I program task order, awarded in 2002, Link is providing contractor operations and maintenance support for U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18 training equipment around the world. Since 2003, Link has been providing contractor operations and maintenance under the Fielded Training Systems Support Services I program for a range of U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and fixed-wing simulators based in Japan. These programs remain a part of the new Fielded Training System Support Services II initiative.
Link Simulation and Training is a systems integration organization that delivers and supports training systems and equipment designed to enhance operational proficiency. Link’s services include conducting front end analysis, simulator design and production and field support. Link has its headquarters operation 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 and is a merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products. 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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