00MASON, OH, June 12, 2006 – L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE), a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation, has been selected by Kollmorgen Electro-Optical to provide additional MK46 Optical Sight System (OSS) Thermal Imagers for the CG-47 Ticonderoga Class Cruisers for the U.S. Navy. This contract will be to upgrade the existing system and includes the L-3 CE NightConqueror 640 Thermal Imager. L-3 CE has been providing OSS thermal imagers to Kollmorgen since 2002.
00First installed aboard a U.S. Navy DDG 51 Class AEGIS Guided Missile Destroyer in 1992, Kollmorgen's MK46 sight system is the industry standard for electro-optical tracking and fire control systems. The system includes a daylight high-resolution 3-chip color camera, a 3-5 micron thermal imager, an eye-safe laser rangefinder and stabilization accuracy to 30 microradians. In addition, the system features built-in-test capability.
00Deliveries continue for L-3 CE’s NightConqueror IR Thermal Imaging Sensors being installed on the AEGIS Destroyers as a replacement for the original midwave imager on the existing fleet. The sensor being supplied under these contracts consists of a unique folded optical dual FOV telescope, the infrared sensor, cooler, drive electronics and all necessary hardware/cables to interface the electronics to the weapons director.
00The MK46 Optical Sighting System MOD 0 is installed on all USN ARLEIGH BURKE Class Destroyers as an integral part of the MK34 Gun System. The modular design allows the system to be configured or upgraded to provide for special missions and ensures the system can be maintained as current state-of-the-art. In 1997, the U.S. Navy and Kollmorgen began a series of upgrades to provide operators with more capabilities, including a new eye-safe laser rangefinder, a color television camera and utilization of the standard UYQ-70 Console.

00MASON, OH, May 1, 2006 – L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE), a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications Corporation, has been selected to provide the NightConqueror 640 environmentally enclosed thermal imager for the U.S. Navy’s first Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Prime contractor Lockheed Martin is using Navantia’s DORNA Fire Control Director, which includes L-3 CE’s infrared imager, on its design for USS Freedom (LCS-1), the first LCS to join the U.S. Navy’s surface fleet.
00LCS is designed to defeat growing littoral threats and provide access and dominance in the coastal water battlespace. A fast, maneuverable and networked surface combatant, the LCS provides the required warfighting capabilities and operational flexibility to execute focused missions close to the shore, such as mine warfare, anti-submarine warfare and surface warfare. LCS will be networked to share tactical information with other naval aircraft, ships, submarines, joint and coalition units and LCS groups, providing commanders with the right information quickly and efficiently.
00L-3 CE will provide the NightConqueror 640 Infrared Thermal Imaging System in a marine-proven environmental enclosure. The system will contain a dual field of view 100/500mm telescopic lens for navigation, target tracking and situational awareness 24 hours a day and in degraded weather conditions (smoke and obscurants).
00L-3 CE’s NightConqueror high-performance imager has been selected by the U.S. military as the imager of choice for many new systems and as an upgrade to many existing legacy programs. Additional systems are being produced for land attack vehicles, the world’s next-generation submarines and surface fleets; advanced airborne reconnaissance pods and the latest fighter aircraft.

00NEW YORK, NY, September 13, 2005, L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced that its Cincinnati Electronics (L-3 CE) subsidiary will provide the U.S. Navy’s Sea Fighter FSF-1 (Sea Fighter) with its advanced NightConqueror thermal imager. The NightConqueror will be used in the Vistar 350 sensor suite operating as a navigational electro-optical (EO) system on the Sea Fighter, which can operate at speeds greater than 50 knots and has a range of approximately 4,000 nautical miles. The NightConqueror produces unmatched high-resolution thermal imagery for 24-hour observation in degraded weather conditions (smoke and obscurants).
00The Vistar 350 is a day/night surveillance system that allows enhanced visibility from a wide range of craft, either sea going or for inland waters. The system is ideally suited for new generations of ships, such as High Speed Surface Craft and Patrol Craft, and is small enough to be fitted onboard ships of 10 meters in length. In addition, the system can be fitted with automatic target tracking or it can be linked to the radar to follow the Automatic Radar Plotting Aid (ARPA) selected targets or the Electronic Bearing Line (EBL).
00According to the Office of Naval Research, which developed Sea Fighter with L-3 Titan as the ship’s prime contractor, this high-speed aluminum catamaran will test a variety of technologies that will allow the U.S. Navy to operate more effectively in littoral waters. Sea Fighter, previously known as Littoral Surface Craft Experimental or “X-Craft,” will be used to evaluate the hydrodynamic performance, structural behavior, mission flexibility and propulsion system efficiency of high-speed vessels. Sea Fighter will also serve as a test bed for developmental mission packages and as a risk reduction experimental vessel for the Littoral Combat Ship and Deepwater Program concepts of operation development at sea. The ship is 262 feet in length and displaces 1400 tons (at full load), with a beam of 72 feet and a navigational draft of 11.5 feet.

00Except 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.

00L-3 CE Space Electronics was nominated by Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for the design development and production of three flight UHF transceivers that have served the Odyssey Mars Orbiter and the Mars Rovers Opportunity and Spirit.
00The transceivers were launched in 2001. The Mars Rovers landed and began communications in 2004. According to Stanley Butman of the MER Mission, the Odyssey transceiver relayed "the highest data rate ever achieved from a Mars-surface vehicle."
00Joe Herman, Vice President General Manager, Space Electronics noted, "L-3 CE Space Electronics is proud of our contribution to the success of the MER Program. We are currently engaged in the development phase for the MSL 2009 launch. Our nomination for the Low Award is a recognition of the special talents and skills of our Space Electronics Team."

00The George M. Low award is based on a criteria of contract technical performance, schedule performance, management initiatives, continuous improvement and technology breakthroughs.
00George M. Low (1926-1984) worked on the planning team to initially organize NASA and served as Chief of Manned Space Flight. He was named NASA Deputy Administrator where he served from 1969-1976. Award winners will be announced in spring 2006.