L-3 Communications Awarded a $19.3 Million Multi-Platform Common Data Link, MP-CDL, Development Program.

Business and Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 23, 2003

L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Communication Systems-West division has been awarded a $19.3 million cost-plus- award-fee contract to provide Multi-Platform Common Data Link (MP-CDL) systems for the Air Force Aeronautical Systems Command (ASC) located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

L-3 has the prime responsibility for the MP-CDL Concept Technology Development system. This system, which represents the next generation of common data link hardware, will support transmission and receipt of data between ground facilities and multiple simultaneous air vehicle platforms. L-3 team members include Cubic, Inc., for surface terminal antenna system design, and Cisco for networking design. This 28-month contract will be completed by March 2005.

"Our MP-CDL technology will merge Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance information to ensure employment of time critical targeting information for the war-fighter," said Curtis Brunson, president of L-3 Communication Systems-West. "Twenty years of data link technology evolution has enabled us to bring the military a cost effective network centric communications system."

MP-CDL will provide the network centric wideband communication architecture that connects the critical information flow within the ISR community. The initial system development program includes dual wideband, air-to-air, air-to-surface and networked multicast connectivity. The L-3 system solution is based upon next generation dual data link concepts and common module developments. Production potentials of at least 150 surface terminals and 80 airborne terminals could exceed several hundred million dollars over a period of several years.

Communication Systems-West, located in Salt Lake City, Utah, is a leader in communication systems for intelligence collection, imagery processing and satellite communications for the defense industry. In addition, the company provides other military wireless products and satellite communication systems.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) products, 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, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3Com.com.

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