L-3 WESCAM Awarded $90 Million Contract from U.S. Air Force

NEW YORK --- L-3 Communications announced today that its WESCAM subsidiary has been awarded a $90 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC). The initial order under the ID/IQ is for MX-15Di turrets with deliveries to begin in 2009.>> WESCAMS MX turrets display excellent imaging capabilities, target location accuracy and reliability, and have quickly become the backbone of the Air Forces ISR aircraft, said John Dehne, president of L-3 WESCAM. This award underscores our ability to rapidly provide leading-edge EO/IR technology to aid our Global War on Terror.>> L-3 WESCAM is a world leader in the design and manufacture of stabilized, multi-spectral airborne imaging systems.>> Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 64,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products, subsystems and systems. The company reported 2007 sales of $14 billion.>> -ends->