NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 2009--
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that the U.S. Special
Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded its Geneva Aerospace division a
contract for expeditionary unmanned systems. This contract has a
potential value of $250 million over five years.
L-3 will provide its Viking 400 Unmanned
Aircraft System, along with training and sustaining engineering for
SOCOM’s Expeditionary Unmanned Aircraft System (EUAS) program.
“We are very pleased to be working with SOCOM on this important
program,” said Todd Gautier, vice president of Business Development.
“The Viking 400 is an excellent, proven system providing expanded
payload, endurance and operational performance to meet the challenges of
expeditionary operations."
The company offers a full range of Unmanned Systems products and
services ranging from individual components through fully integrated
systems. These include remote video terminals, video management
systems, communications & datalinks, Electro Optic Infrared (EO/IR) and
Electronic Warfare (EW) sensors, training & simulation, command and
control systems and operational services.
Recently, L-3 introduced its family of Unmanned Air Systems from the
tube-launched expendable Cutlass Small UAS to the Tactical Viking UAS
Family and the medium altitude long endurance (MALE) Mobius Optionally
Piloted Aircraft (OPA).
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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information. Financial and other material information regarding L-3 is
routinely posted on the company’s Web site and is readily accessible.
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Source: L-3 Communications
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