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L-3 Telemetry-West to Provide Satellite Command and Control Software for the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab

SAN DIEGO, February 28, 2008 – L-3 Telemetry-West (L-3 TW) announced today that it has signed a contract with the Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Lab (JHU/APL) to supply core software for the Radiation Belt Storm Probes (RBSP) Mission Operations Center (MOC). The software is centered on L-3 Telemetry-West’s InControl software product, a robust system designed to support satellite test and on-orbit operations. InControl will be the test executive for RBSP bench-level testing and Assembly, Integration and Test (AI&T), as well as the platform used for on-orbit operations.

L-3’s InControl software was selected after a competition that included an on-site installation of a demonstration system at JHU/APL facilities. This installation gave RBSP MOC program engineers the opportunity to evaluate InControl while actually operating the software.

“The selection of L-3 Telemetry-West for the RBSP program shows InControl’s flexibility to operate in every phase of a satellite mission—from bench-level testing through on-orbit operations,” said Jim Presnell, L-3 TW vice president of engineering. “We are extremely pleased to be participating in this exciting satellite mission.”

L-3 Telemetry-West will provide InControl for all three phases of the RBSP program. Key features of the software include routine satellite fleet and ground station control, use of flexible open system standards, such as CORBA, Java and Linux, and single or multiple operator control of multiple entities. Archiving, archive retrieval and data analysis are also integrated within the functionality of the InControl software suite. Key features for test include straightforward database integration, rapid development and validation of test sequences and automated report generation.

Part of NASA's Living With a Star Program, the RBSP mission will help scientists understand and ultimately predict how varying inputs of solar energy form or change populations of relativistic electrons and ions in the Earth's radiation belts—the doughnut-shaped bands of charged particles trapped by Earth's magnetic field that extend some 20,000 miles around the planet. After launch, scheduled for 2012, the instruments on both RBSP spacecraft will measure the properties of the charged particles that make up the Earth’s radiation belts, the plasma waves that interact with them, the large-scale electric fields that transport them, and the particle-guiding magnetic field.

L-3 Telemetry-West offers end-to-end solutions for spacecraft command and control, payload processing, satellite integration and system test as well as remote equipment monitor and control. L-3 TW solutions are characterized by the ability of a single system to control constellations comprised of several different types and models of spacecraft. Customers include Boeing Satellite Systems, EADS Astrium, Inmarsat, several Lockheed Martin divisions, Orbital Sciences, Thales Alenia Space, NASA, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Shin Satellite, Space Systems/Loral, Telespazio, and the U.S. Air Force. Additionally, L-3 TW is the world’s premier provider of airborne, ground and spaceborne payload and telemetry components and systems, as well as tactical intelligence receivers, military HF/SSB systems and microwave radios.

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

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 64,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aircraft modernization and maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, 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 2007 sales of $14 billion.

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

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