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NEW YORK, NY, July 18, 2007 - L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation and Training (L-3 Link) division has been awarded a contract from the Boeing Company to provide two F/A-18E/F Tactical Operational Flight Trainers (TOFTs) and two instructor operator stations.
In 2006 L-3 received an initial contract to build four F/A-18E/F TOFTs, which will result in two trainers each being delivered in 2008 to both Naval Air Station (NAS) Lemoore and NAS Oceana. Under this newly awarded contract option, during 2008 an additional F/A-18E/F TOFT will be delivered by L-3 to NAS Lemoore and NAS Oceana, respectively.
"L-3 Link Simulation and Training’s F/A-18E/F Tactical Operational Flight Trainers will provide Super Hornet aircrews with the ability to undertake a full range of simulated tactical mission scenarios," said Mike Wallace, Vice President of Navy and Air Force Programs at L-3 Link Simulation and Training. "These trainers - based on L-3 Link Simulation and Training’s proven F/A-18 simulator common architecture, SimuView™ image generation, SimuSphere™ visual display and Boeing’s simulated Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (JHMCS) technologies - will enable Super Hornet aircrews to maintain their proficiency and warfighting advantage."
The two additional F/A-18E/F TOFTs will join the four Super Hornet simulators currently under build at L-3 as the first F/A-18E/F TOFTs to be compliant with the Navy Aviation Simulation Master Plan, enabling aircrews to undertake networked missions and incorporate the revolutionary, emissions-based Next Generation Threat System.
The Boeing-developed simulated JHMCS will provide Super Hornet pilots and weapons sensor officers with a targeting system that can be used to control sensors and weapons through visual cueing. L-3’s SimuSphere, configured to provide a 360° field-of-view, will surround both pilot and weapons sensor officer crew stations with out-the-window computer generated imagery.
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 employs over 63,000 people worldwide and is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products, subsystems and systems. The company reported 2006 sales of $12.5 billion.
To learn more about L-3 Communications, please visit the company’s web site at
www.L-3Com.com.
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