L-3 Communications Awarded CDN $127 Million Contract from Bombardier Aerospace to Build CF-18 Training Devices.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2004

L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) today announced that its Link Simulation and Training division has been awarded a CDN $127 million contract from Bombardier Aerospace's Military Aviation Training organization to deliver and support a state-of-the-art training system for the Canadian Air Force's CF-18 Advanced Distributed Combat Training System (ADCTS) program. Elements of this contract will be performed in Canada.

Bombardier Aerospace, Military Aviation Training, a world leading training systems integration organization based in Mirabel, Quebec, Canada, is the prime contractor for the CF-18 ADCTS. L-3 Communications, well established in Canada with offices in Toronto and Ottawa in addition to operating divisions in Western Canada and Quebec, is a provider of F/A-18 simulators in several countries around the world.

This combat training system, which is projected to last 15 years, will support the Canadian Forces Incremental Modernization Project for the CF-18 aircraft platform. The CF-18 ADCTS will provide networked team, joint and combined training flight simulation exercises. This program will be the first operational Distributed Mission Operations (DMO) system to be fielded in Canada. The training system will establish the DMO architecture and provide training for all CF-18 training requirements. CF-18 ADCTS training will range from relatively basic missions to full-theater level battles, supported by distributed training exercises across Canada.

"This revolutionary flight simulation system will enable aircrews to conduct full mission training against highly sophisticated interactive threats in a networked training environment that will markedly increase combat readiness," said John McNellis, president of Link Simulation and Training. "The Link CF-18 training devices solution is based on modern, leading edge flight simulation technologies we're delivering today in support of U.S. Navy F/A-18 programs."

Canadian Forces Base in Cold Lake, Alberta and Canadian Forces Base in Bagotville, Quebec will be home to the program's two new Mission Training Centers.

The Canadian Forces mission training centers will be integrated with new Link-built CF-18 Air Combat Emulators (ACES). Link will build a total of six CF-18 ACES for the program. Four of the CF-18 ACES will be installed at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake and two of the simulators will go to Canadian Forces Base Bagotville. These high fidelity, networked simulators will immerse pilots in a realistic, virtual battlespace that will support a full range of tactical training exercises. All CF-18 ACES will be integrated with Link's SimuSphere(TM) display system, providing pilots with computer generated visual imagery across a 360(degree) field-of-view.

The CF-18 ACES will be complemented by 10 Link-built CF-18 Hands on Throttle and Stick (HOTAS)-equipped Part Task Trainers, which will be distributed between the Canadian Forces squadrons at Cold Lake, Bagotville and the Canadian Forces Directorate Aerospace Requirements organization in Ottawa, Ontario. The CF-18 Part Task Trainers, integrated with a single flat panel display to view out-the-window computer generated imagery, will allow pilots to hone their skills in the performance of specific aircraft system operations.

Six CF-18 ACES are due to be delivered in 2005 and 2006. The first CF-18 HOTAS Part Task Trainers will be delivered in 2004 to facilitate pilot transition to the modernized CF-18 aircraft.

In support of the CF-18 ADCTS, Canadian company XWAVE - which has offices in Ottawa and Toronto - has been selected to support the Bombardier/Link team by providing critical engineering services. XWAVE, which will develop visual system databases, is the newest member of the Bombardier/Link CF-18 ADCTS team.

Link Simulation and Training is a systems integration organization that delivers and supports training systems and equipment designed to enhance operational proficiency. Link's full range of services include conducting front end analysis, simulator design and production, and field support. Link has its headquarters operation in Arlington, TX and other major 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 and products, 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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