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ORLANDO, FL, December 6, 2004 -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) today announced that its Link Simulation and Training division has been awarded a $12.7 million contract by the Royal Omani Air Force to provide an F-16 Aircrew Training System. The contract calls for Link to deliver one full mission trainer, instructor operator station, computational systems and a visual system database. In 2006 Link will deliver the full mission trainer as Oman begins to receive its first F-16C Block 50 + aircraft from Lockheed Martin Corporation.
“The Omani Air Force’s F-16 Aircrew Training System will be integrated with the most advanced technologies in the simulation industry today,” said David Love, vice president of business development for Link Simulation and Training. “The capability of the simulator to provide realistic training scenarios will enable the highly skilled Royal Omani Air Force pilots to enhance their tactical skills in operation of this multi-role fighter aircraft.”
The F-16 Full Mission Trainer will be integrated with Link’s seven-panel SimuSphere ä visual display, which will provide the pilot with a 300 ° horizontal x 130 ° vertical field-of-view. Link’s SimuView ä personal computer image generation system will power both out-the-window and cockpit sensor display imagery viewed by the pilot. This high fidelity trainer will be used to reinforce a full range of pilot warfighting skills, including low-level flight, formation exercises, air refueling, takeoffs and landings and emergency procedures. Pilots also will be able to acquire and identify targets and deliver a wide range of weapons during simulated air-to-air and air-to-ground combat.
Link Simulation and Training, which is celebrating its 75 th anniversary, 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 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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