LE BOURGET, France, June 14, 2005 – L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division has been awarded a $17.2 million contract option from the U.S. Navy to upgrade four currently fielded P-3C Tactical Aircrew Coordination Trainers (TACTs) to the advanced P-3C Tactical Operational Readiness Trainer (TORT) configuration. This award brings Link’s total P-3C TORT program value to $44.6 million.

“With the addition of these four P-3C Tactical Operational Readiness Trainers, the U.S. Navy will have sufficient resources to meet its crew readiness training needs on simulation-based devices,” said John McNellis, president of Link Simulation and Training. “The need to conduct anti-submarine warfare or anti-surface warfare crew qualification flights in the aircraft will be dramatically reduced, which will lower training costs and extend the operational life of the P-3C Orion platform.”

The P-3C TORT, which is designed to match the aircraft’s interior physical arrangement, enables Orion crews to practice acquiring information from the aircraft’s sensor systems and communicating the technical data to other aircraft or command centers. Within the high-fidelity P-3C TORT, the flight crew will practice simulated missions at the platform’s tactical coordinator, navigation/communications, non-acoustic sensor and acoustic sensor stations. Mid-fidelity pilot and co-pilot stations, an improvement over similar stations found on P-3C TACTs, round out the TORT design.

L-3 Communications has extensive experience supporting the P-3 platform. Its Greenville, Texas-based Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) subsidiary has modernized more than 300 P-3 aircraft for many customers, including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Greece and Canada. The company recently delivered a seventh refurbished P-3 aircraft to the U.S. Navy as part of an existing Enhanced Special Structural Inspection (ESSI) program. Other continuing programs include major tactical system upgrades for the Royal Australian Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force and the Republic of Korea's Navy P-3s. L-3 IS recently completed modernization of the Royal Australian Air Force fleet of AP-3Cs under a program designated Sea Sentinel. This experience and capability includes a work force with current P-3 experience as well as critical tooling, data and material necessary to support all P-3 initiatives.

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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