NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 2009--
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Systems Field
Support (SFS) division was awarded a 60-day base contract with eight
option years from the U.S. Air Force to serve as prime contractor on the
T-1A Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) program. The total value of the
contract with all options is $680 million.
The L-3 SFS operating unit in Madison, Miss. is responsible for overall
program management of T-1A CLS, encompassing logistics, material supply
support, and repair overhaul services for 179 T-1A aircraft based at
Vance Air Force Base, Okla.; Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.; Pensacola
Naval Air Station, Fla.; Randolph Air Force Base, Texas and Laughlin Air
Force Base, Texas. The T-1A Jayhawk aircraft are used by the Air Force
for introductory flight training.
“L-3 Systems Field Support and our industry partners, Hawker Beechcraft
and Pratt & Whitney, are well positioned to continue providing
uninterrupted contractor logistics support for the T-1A fleet,” said Ed
Gloviak, president of L-3 Systems Field Support. “Over the past decade,
we have performed effectively and efficiently in supporting the T-1A
fleet.”
L-3 Systems Field Support is an aerospace and defense support services
contractor specializing in the delivery of integrated contractor
logistics support for aircraft, ground vehicles and other defense
systems. L-3 Systems Field Support has major operations in Rockwall,
Texas; Madison, Miss.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Tulsa, Okla.; Lexington,
Ky.; and Fort Rucker, Ala.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 66,000
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 2008 sales of $14.9 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's Web site at www.L-3com.com.
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Source: L-3 Communications
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