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NEW YORK, NY, August 22, 2005 - L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division has been awarded a five-year, $240.9 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to support the U.S. Air Force's Warfighter Readiness Training Science and Technology Program.
Link, which has been prime contractor for the Warfighter Readiness Training Science and Technology Program since 1997, will be responsible for spearheading efforts to research, develop, demonstrate, evaluate and transition leading edge training technologies and methods that improve warfighter readiness. The goal of this ongoing research, which is conducted at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Warfighter Readiness Research Division in Mesa, AZ, is to develop world-class training solutions that provide combat forces with the skills they need to win on the battlefield.
“We are very pleased at Link to be continuing research, engineering and development efforts that will directly transition advanced technologies and improved training methods to the warfighter,“ said David Williams, vice president of Training Programs for Link Simulation and Training. “The research undertaken by Link and its industry team will impact U.S. Air Force and joint training doctrine, in addition to the design of future training systems.“
Under a variety of task orders, Link and its industry team will be providing warfighter training readiness research support, interactive synthetic warfighter models, deployable visual system technology development, deployable Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) training and a DMO test bed.
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, program design, simulator design and production and field support. Link has its headquarters operation in Arlington, TX; and other major 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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Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in the company’s Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-looking Statements included in the company’s recent filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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