L-3 Henschel to Supply Engineering Control System Equipment Enclosures for CG-47 Guided Missile Cruisers; Machinery Control System Upgrades.Business Editors/Technology Writers NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 2003 L-3 Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LLL LLL abbr. left lower lobe (of the lung) ) announced today that its Henschel division has been awarded a contract by Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems' Sperry Marine unit to deliver two additional ship sets of Engineering Control System Equipment (ECSE ECSE Early Childhood Special Education ECSE Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering ECSE Eastern Caribbean Securities Exchange ) enclosures for the Navy's CG-47 TICONDEROGA class guided missile cruisers. This contract is valued at $2.5 million. Delivery is planned for the fourth quarter of 2003, and the enclosures are scheduled to be installed aboard USS CAPE ST. GEORGE Cape St. George is the southernmost point on the island of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, at . It was the namesake for the Battle of Cape St. (CG-71) and USS PHILIPPINE SEA Two ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Philippine Sea, after the Battle of the Philippine Sea in World War II.
Henschel, a leading supplier of communications, navigation, and machinery control systems for naval ships and submarines, will manufacture the ECSE enclosures at its facility in Newburyport, MA. Henschel designed, tested, and engineered the enclosures, which are part of the Navy's CG-47 class Smart Ship upgrade program. This program was implemented in part to provide advanced integrated electronic control systems that increase mission effectiveness and crew safety while reducing operator workload and ship manpower requirements. "We value our long-standing relationship with Northrop Grumman and Sperry Marine," said Don Roussinos, president of L-3 Henschel. "These ECSE enclosures will be the 5th and 6th ship sets we will have provided for the TICONDEROGA class cruisers, and we look forward to continuing to be a part of the technology upgrades aboard these vital Navy ships." L-3 Henschel's ECSE enclosures consist of Standard and Reduced-size Operator Stations, Data Acquisition Units, and enclosures for ATM Switches, Relays, and Power Supplies. The design uses field proven, industry standard, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) components where feasible, and leverages Henschel's expertise in ruggedized COTS technologies. The ECSE enclosures are located in all major machinery spaces aboard the guided missile cruisers, including the Main Engineering Rooms, Auxiliary Machinery Rooms, the Central Control Station, and the Helicopter Control Station A shipboard aircraft control tower or, on ships not equipped with a control tower, the communications installation that serves as such. On all Coast Guard cutters, the helicopter control station is located in the pilot house. Also called HCS. See also station. . L-3 Henschel, a business unit of L-3's SPD (Serial Presence Detect) The method used by DIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity and features to the computer. Data such as manufacturer, size, speed, voltage and row and column addresses are stored in an EEPROM chip on the module. Technologies group, designs and manufactures technologically advanced solutions for naval applications. Current products under contract include the automated bridge system for the LHD-8 amphibious assault ship, the integrated communications system for the VIRGINIA-class attack submarines; the amplified announcing system for the SAN ANTONIO-class amphibious ships; and the computer information system and integrated communications system for the UK Astute-class submarines. Headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance may refer to:
Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States , selected U.S. 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. Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995 Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in the company's Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-looking Statements included in the company's recent filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements. |
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