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NEW YORK, NY, November 28, 2005 - L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC) that its Link Simulation and Training (Link) division is debuting a helicopter gunner simulator that can be networked to other simulation systems to provide collective training of in-flight crew skills.
At I/ITSEC, Link’s Gunner Crew Chief Station is directly integrated with a UH-60 flight simulator and other simulation entities, including an unmanned aircraft system and a web-based first person shooter training system. Within this collective training environment, the mission for this combined force is to safely extract a SEAL forward observer team from a potentially hostile urban setting.
“Link’s gunnery crew system can be used in a standalone or networked mode,” said Frank Delisle, vice president of Engineering and Technology at Link Simulation and Training. “This high fidelity gunnery system enables crews to master individual and crew coordination task training in multi-ship operations. In addition, the Gunner Crew Chief Station supports development of critical tactics techniques and procedures required for combat. The Link Gunner Crew Chief Station simulation solution is directly applicable to the U.S Army’s Vertical Helicopter Aircrew Training System program.”
Link’s Gunner Crew Chief Station (GCCS), designed to enable warfighters to improve their helicopter gunnery crew capabilities, replicates the aircraft interior for each gunnery crew position. These gunnery crew positions feature replicas of aircraft seats, communication panels, aircraft weapons mounts and weapons for life-like function. Each gunnery crewmember wears a helmet mounted display system that uses sophisticated image masking techniques providing each soldier with the correct visual, or virtual, representation for their position in the aircraft.
The GCCS, which will be housed within standard shipping containers that allow for deployment anywhere in the world, can easily be reconfigured to replicate either the UH-60 or the CH-47 aircraft.
Link Simulation and Training is a systems integration organization that delivers and supports training systems and equipment to enhance operational proficiency. Link’s services include conducting front-end analysis, program design, simulator design and production and field support. 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 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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