L-3 Communications Announces Procurement of Ku-Band Communications-On-The-Move Antenna Systems by U.S. Army's Joint Systems Integration Command.

NEW YORK -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that U.S. Joint Forces Command's Joint Systems Integration Command (JFCOM/JSIC) has procured three L-3 Communications Ku-Band Communications-On-The-Move (COTM) satellite terminal antenna systems. The COTM SATCOM terminals will initially be used by the United States Army in proof-of-concept exercises and, later, fielded into an operational theater. The purchase culminates successful demonstrations conducted and evaluated by the JSIC.

During those COTM demonstrations, L-3's antenna system never lost contact with the satellite, and successfully illustrated the capability to provide a variety of uninterrupted communication services including, secure telephone Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), two-way Video Teleconferencing (VTC) using "Netmeeting", two-way InfoWorkSpace (IWS) collaboration and "whiteboarding", and open internet browsing while moving over rough terrain.

"This initial antenna system acquisition is of a limited quantity," said Ron Gorda, president of L-3's Information Products Division. "Its importance, however, lies in the validation of antenna pointing and tracking technologies that will equip warfighters with high-data rate, beyond-line-of-sight connectivity, in an off-road, on-the-move environment. All of these are likely to be instrumental in the achievement of true Network Centric Operations capability."

L-3's Information Products Division designed and developed the antenna and tracking system, while base band and Human Machine Interface (HMI) elements were provided by other manufacturers. In a related development, L-3's Ku Band COTM antenna system has also recently received an experimental Federal Communications Commission (FCC) license to operate in a non-spread mode anywhere in the continental United States.

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.

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