L-3 Communications' Titan Group Awarded $350 Million Department of Homeland Security ID/IQ Contract.

NEW YORK -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Titan Group's (L-3 Titan Group) Technical and Management Services Division is one of six vendors selected through a competitive process by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to support the National Exercise Program. Under this $350 million, five-year, multiple award, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) task-based contract, the L-3 Titan Group will compete against other award winners to provide a variety of terrorism, technological and natural disaster exercises for federal, state and local jurisdictions.

The L-3 Titan Group's Emergency Management Department - one of the nation's foremost providers of first-responder training and exercise programs - is currently leading the development of the new national Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program pilot training that will be delivered to more than 60 locations across the country. In the past, the L-3 Titan Group has conducted 359 chemical and biological emergency preparedness exercises in 120 of the nation's largest cities for the Department of Defense and the DHS under the congressionally mandated Nunn-Lugar-Domenici domestic preparedness program.

"This award recognizes the Titan Group's significant capabilities in critical homeland security issues that face the nation," said Tony Frederickson, president and chief operating officer of the L-3 Titan Group. "The L-3 Titan Group has been heavily involved in national preparedness issues for the past 18 years, and possesses a lengthy, proven record of successfully providing similar, long-term services for the DHS in 20 states in the central region of the country."

The L-3 Titan Group has assembled a team of outstanding partners with strong records of customer satisfaction, performance, and experience in operational support of various disasters. The team includes Alion, Booz Allen Hamilton, Bridgeborn, EJF Consulting, Interface Media Group, The Obrien's Group, Tetra Tech and ThoughtLink. The combined and excellent capabilities of the L-3 Titan Group team bring exceptional strength in technological and professional service solutions to national preparedness issues.

For nearly two decades, the L-3 Titan Group has been providing homeland security solutions to many U.S. Government agencies, which now comprise the DHS. The L-3 Titan Group brings innovation, integration, deployment and life-cycle management services that support the national commitment to homeland security and counterterrorism measures.

To learn more about the L-3 Titan Group, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3com.com/Titan.

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. The company is a leading merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products, including guidance and navigation, sensors, scanners, fuzes, data links, propulsion systems, simulators, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave components. L-3 also supports a variety of Homeland Security initiatives with products and services. 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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