L-3 EO/IR Receives $34 Million Contract from United States Air Force Research Laboratory

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 14, 2008 --[ASDWire]-- L-3 EO/IR, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $34 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for L-3 WESCAM MX-Series (15” and 20” diameter) EO/IR imaging turrets. Deliveries, which will begin immediately, will support Airborne Reconnaissance Low (PM-ARL) and the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS) IED Defeat and Counter Insurgency missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“This award underscore’s WESCAM’s ability to quickly provide fieldable, leading-edge EO/IR technology for the Global War on Terror,” said John Dehne, president of L-3 WESCAM. “With excellent imaging capabilities and unprecedented reliability, WESCAM’s MX turrets have quickly become the Army’s most successful ISR assets to date and are currently helping to defeat insurgent operations and IED emplacements.”

In 2007, WESCAM announced its involvement with PTDS when Lockheed Martin took delivery of MX-20 EO/IR imaging turrets for use on its tethered aerostat system program. Fully equipped with EO/IR imaging capability, the MX-20 became a key element in stability and support (SASO) operations – providing continuous surveillance, detection & identification capabilities for U.S. forces worldwide.

In 1993, the PM-ARL program utilized WESCAM’s M-24 imaging turrets. Over the years these systems have been replaced, and the program now utilizes WESCAM’s MX-20’s, MX-15’s and MX-15D’s (designators) for ISR missions.

L-3 WESCAM is a world leader in the design and manufacture of stabilized, multi-spectral airborne imaging systems. To learn more about L-3 WESCAM, please visit the company’s Web site at www.wescam.com.

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.

To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s Web site at www.L-3Com.com.


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