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Press Release
L-3 Communications Space & Navigation
Key Supplier for the Cassini Saturn Mission
BUDD LAKE, NJ, August 18, 2004 — L-3 Communications
Space & Navigation (L-3 S&N), a division of L-3 Communications
Corporation (NYSE: LLL), supplied NASA’s Jet Propulsion
Laboratory (JPL) with four Reaction Wheel Assemblies (RWAs) in
1996 that are now being used to stabilize and maneuver the Cassini-
Huygens Saturn deep space probe satellite. The L-3 S&N reaction
wheels were activated upon rendezvous with Saturn and entry into
its orbit and are critical to the satellite attitude control
system and the clarity and resolution of the images being generated
of Saturn. The Cassini-Huygens mission will provide valuable
scientific data for at least four years, focusing on the study
of Saturn, its rings, magnetic field, and icy satellites, including
its largest moon, Titan.
The reaction wheel program is a continuation of L-3 S&N’s
heritage of producing highly reliable products for space applications,
including the support of the Space Imaging and Digital Globe earth
imaging satellite programs, NASA’s International Space Station
and the IridiumTM constellation.
“
This mission demonstrates our capability to produce high quality,
reliable space products,” said Paul Wengen, president of
L-3 Space & Navigation. “The success of this mission
further enhances our continued heritage in the support of nationally
visible space programs.”
L-3 Space & Navigation, located in Budd Lake, New Jersey,
is a world premier provider of inertial instruments and integrated
fire control systems to the global marketplace and is a major supplier
of high quality pointing, guidance, control and positioning equipment
for satellites, artillery and launch vehicles serving the military,
commercial and government markets. The division's products and
capabilities include fiber-optic and ring laser gyros, reaction
wheel assemblies, position navigation units and fire control and
digital battlefield solutions. L-3 Space & Navigation has provided
state-of-the-art systems for many critical and strategically important
space and national defense programs and is the premier supplier
of precision pointing and position location systems for the U.S.
Army.
To learn more about L-3 Space & Navigation, please visit the
company’s web site at www.L-3Com.com/
Spacenav.
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 and is a merchant supplier
of a broad array of high technology products. 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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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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