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L-3 Communications Display Systems Receives The Boeing Preferred Supplier Certification Award

ALPHARETTA, GA, August 20, 2003 — L-3 Communications Display Systems (L-3 Display Systems), a division of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), announced today that in a ceremony held at its headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia earlier this month on August 5, it received the distinguished Preferred Supplier Certification Award from The Boeing Company. The award was presented by Roger Besancenez, T-38 program manager and Terry Majerski, supplier development — both of The Boeing Company — to Bob McGill, president of L-3 Display Systems. L-3 Display Systems attained this honorary award and status through its commitment and dedication to continuous business process improvements, on-time delivery, achievements in advance quality systems, customer satisfaction and affordability.

L-3 Display Systems was also recently selected as Boeing’s 2002 Supplier of the Year for Aerospace Support from a field of over 11,000 suppliers. That award was previously presented to L-3 for consistently demonstrating excellence in the delivery of high-quality products and services to The Boeing Company.

“We are very proud of our certification status as a Preferred Supplier and of our selection as Boeing’s Supplier of the Year,” said Bob McGill, president of L-3 Display Systems. “This recognition reinforces our outstanding relationship with The Boeing Company and our commitment to continuous process improvement.”

L-3 Display Systems specializes in the design, development and manufacture of ruggedized display systems for the world's most advanced applications. The division’s product line includes a wide variety of displays and processors available to meet a host of system architectures for airborne, shipboard and ground-based applications.

To learn more about L-3 Display Systems, please visit the company’s web site at www.L-3Com.com/displays.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading merchant supplier of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems and products, secure communications systems and products, avionics and ocean products, training devices and services, microwave components and telemetry, instrumentation, space and navigation products. Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, selected U.S. Government intelligence agencies, aerospace prime contractors and commercial telecommunications and wireless customers.

To learn more about L-3 Communications, 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. 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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