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L-3 CONSORTIUM AWARDED PROJECT HELIX CONTRACT

April 4, 2007 by

03 Apr 07. As expected, L-3 Communications Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) has been selected to receive a contract worth more than £11.5m ($21.7m) from the UK MoD. This is the first time that L-3 has been selected to Prime a U.K. Program.

Upon Main Gate approval, expected in June 2009, L-3 IS will be the preferred contractor to execute the Project HELIX Demonstration and Manufacture contract, which has a projected value of up to £400m ($756m), over a 7-year period, with first aircraft delivery scheduled in early 2013.

L-3 IS was selected as the preferred bidder to carry out risk reduction studies for the HELIX Assessment Phase Stage 3, in partnership with the UK MoD. Project HELIX is a major mission system upgrade to the capabilities of the RAF Nimrod R1 electronic reconnaissance aircraft fleet. L-3, the lead systems integrator and prime contractor, heads a team that includes QinetiQ, LogicaCMG and BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies.

QinetiQ will provide electronic reconnaissance technologies and LogicaCMG will contribute ground systems, information management and security services and technologies. BAE Systems will provide aircraft modification, aircraft certification, long-term support and logistics services and some sensor technologies.

“HELIX is a major international award for L-3 and represents our first large program in the United Kingdom,” said Michael T. Strianese, President and Chief Executive Officer of L-3 Communications. “We hope to use this contract as a building block for future partnerships with the Ministry of Defence, as well as with our contract team members.”

“We have a proud history of cooperation and success with the Royal Air Force in airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance capabilities,” said Bob Drewes, Corporate Senior Vice President, and President and Chief Operating Officer of the L-3 Integrated Systems Group. “Our team has a great opportunity to advance that relationship and develop a long-term partnership with the MoD that provides the British military with vital capabilities in our combined defense efforts.”

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