L-3 Communications' Coleman Aerospace Launches Hera Target Missile.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2001

L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that Coleman Aerospace, a business unit of its Coleman Research Corporation (CRC) division, successfully launched its Hera target missile at the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico, as part of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) program, which is a cornerstone of the nation's theater missile defense strategy.

"This marks Coleman Aerospace's twentieth target flight and the fifth in support of the PAC-3 program," said Rick Kelley, executive vice president and general manager of Coleman Aerospace. "It is an important milestone in the development of the theater ballistic missile defense system, and we are proud of the successful track record of our launches."

Mr. Kelley continued, "Our involvement in the PAC-3 program is testament to the high level of systems engineering and integration which occurs at Coleman Aerospace as well as to the true professionalism of our team. Given the increasing emphasis that the US military is placing on missile defense technologies, we believe that the Hera and our other cutting edge products place us in an excellent position to continue to work with the military in these efforts."

With the test occurring at high altitude, the PAC-3 successfully intercepted the Hera missile, which emulated a medium-range ballistic missile threat and performed a helical maneuver.

Hera can be configured with a variety of front ends to match evolving ballistic missile threats. Hera serves as a target for developmental testing of ballistic missile defense systems, including the Army's PAC-3 and Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) programs, and the Navy's Area Wide theater ballistic missile defense system.

Coleman Aerospace develops and produces Hera targets under the Consolidated Theater Targets Services (CTTS) contract with the US Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Project Office's Theater Targets Product Office. This contract is managed by the Ballistic Missile Targets Joint Projects Office which executes a consolidated targets program for the entire Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), including range coordination and launch support services.

Coleman Research Corporation (CRC), a division of L-3 Communications, is the Hera prime contractor. With headquarters in Orlando, Florida, CRC provides system integration, systems engineering, and analytical services to government and commercial customers in the fields of launch systems, information technology and software engineering.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of secure communications systems and products, avionics and ocean products, training products, microwave components and telemetry, instrumentation, space and wireless products. Its customers include the Department of Defense, selected US government intelligence agencies, aerospace prime contractors and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers.

To learn more about L-3 Communications and its Telemetry & Instrumentation division, please visit the company's Web site at www.L-3Com.com.

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