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L-3 Communications Awarded Potential $94.6 Million Joint Warfare Support Division Contract

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2007--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its Government Services, Inc. (L-3 GSI) subsidiary has been awarded a five-year contract, provided all options are exercised, by the Joint Warfare Support Division (JWSD), Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center, Charleston, to provide services to include integration, production, test and evaluation, fielding, training, certification/accreditation, maintenance and life-cycle sustainment management. Representing new business to L-3, the value of the contract is $94.6 million, provided all options are exercised.

The JWSD is a SPAWAR Center Charleston Field Activity located in Tampa, FL, Fayetteville, NC and Charleston, SC. The primary mission of the JWSD is to support the Joint Warfighters and their infrastructure. Among other things, JWSD is engaged in work on tactical satellite, telecommunications, information technology networking equipment and psychological operations equipment.

"We are very proud to have been selected to support the Joint Warfare Support Division and the Joint Warfighting community in this important role," said Paul Cerjan, President of L-3 GSI.

L-3 GSI, based in Chantilly, VA, is a recognized industry leader providing a wide range of technology-based services, support and products to federal, state and local governments and to the private sector. L-3 GSI's primary business areas include program management, training and simulation, information technology services, systems engineering, integrated security solutions, and intelligence community services.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 63,000 people worldwide and is a prime system contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communication, 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 2006 sales of $12.5 billion.

To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3Com.com.

SAFE HARBOR STATEMENT UNDER THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to events or conditions or that include words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates" and similar expressions 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.

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