December 21, 2006 08:30 AM Eastern Time
L-3 Integrated Systems and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center Sign Partnership
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Integrated Systems (L-3 IS) subsidiary and Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA) last week. In the event that L-3 wins the Joint Cargo Aircraft (JCA) Program, the document will serve as the basis for a long-term, strategic partnership between WR-ALC and L-3 for U.S. Air Force JCA logistics support requirements and future aircraft support opportunities.
“This follow-on government-industry partnership will bolster our combat capability while saving taxpayer dollars,” said Bob Drewes, President and Chief Operating Officer of L-3 Integrated Systems Group. “With a contract award to the C-27J team, specific agreements and relationships under this Strategic Partnership Agreement represent opportunities to reduce program support costs and improve operational availability.”
L-3 IS, headquartered in Greenville, Texas, and the WR-ALC at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., with this public-private partnership, agreed to work toward maximizing efficiencies and effectiveness for the C-27J Spartan fleet, if it is chosen for the JCA program.
L-3 IS leads a team in the JCA competition offering the C-27J Spartan as the best-value solution to meet the U.S. Air Force’s and U.S. Army’s medium tactical airlift needs. The team includes Alenia North America, Inc. (a Finmeccanica company), Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Global Military Aircraft Systems (GMAS).
“For many years, the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center has performed as a leader in cargo aircraft sustainment, programmed depot maintenance, modernization and modification for the U.S. Air Force fleet of C-5 Galaxy, C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster aircraft,” said Maj. Gen. Tom Owen, WR-ALC Commander. “I believe the men and women of Team Robins have the right stuff to sustain the Joint Cargo Aircraft in the future of our nation’s Armed Forces.”
Each party to the agreement brings different and complementary capabilities and objectives to the relationship. L-3 IS seeks to provide high-quality, cost-effective engineering and logistics support solutions for the JCA throughout its lifecycle.
The focus areas of the SPA are engineering and product support, supply chain management and depot-level maintenance. The center’s organic capabilities in these areas would augment and complement L-3 IS’s own logistics support to the U.S. Air Force’s C-27 fleet.
L-3 IS develops and integrates defense and commercial technology for U.S. and allied customers worldwide. Headquartered in Greenville, Texas, L-3 IS has more than five decades of experience in the development of complex intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems; command and control; and secure communications. It is recognized internationally as a systems integration organization specializing in the modernization and maintenance of aircraft of all sizes. It is a leader in advanced technologies for signal processing, electronic countermeasures, sensor development and aircraft self-protection. Systems provided or maintained by L-3 IS help protect military and civilian personnel, bases, assets and national borders throughout the world.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading provider of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, secure communications systems, aircraft modernization, training and government services. The company is a leading merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products, including guidance and navigation, sensors, scanners, fuzes, data links, propulsion systems, simulators, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave components. L-3 also supports a variety of Homeland Security initiatives with products and services. Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, selected U.S. Government intelligence agencies and aerospace prime contractors.
To learn more about L-3 Communications, please visit the company’s Web site at www.L-3Com.com.
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L-3 Communications
Cynthia Swain, 212-697-1111
Vice President, Corporate Communications
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