News & Events: Press Release

L-3 Communications Display Systems Awarded Cockpit Displays Contract
for NASA T-38N Electronic Flight Instrument Aircraft Upgrade

ALPHARETTA, GA, November 3, 2004 — L-3 Communications Display Systems (L-3 Display Systems), a division of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from the NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Flight Center, Houston, Texas, to provide cockpit displays for the NASA T-38N astronaut trainer/proficiency aircraft. The contract is expected to run for four years with initial deliveries slated for 2006.

Under the terms of the contract, L-3 Display Systems will manufacture and certify high-resolution, high-brightness 6² x 8² Primary Flight Displays (PFDs) and 4² x 5² Electronic Engine Displays (EEDs) for the NASA T-38N aircraft. The PFD and EED are “smart” displays with graphics generation, avionics processing, aircraft data concentration and interfaces within each PFD and EED. The displays are mounted side by side in each cockpit of the two-seat T-38N aircraft. Each display can present normal and reversionary modes so that a high degree of cross-cockpit processing and display redundancy is available for flight safety. The PFD and EED display symbology and formats will be tailored by NASA and L-3 Display Systems to present Primary Flight Displays, Weather Radar (WXR), Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System (TCAS), Terrain Awareness and Warning System (TAWS), Data Link Weather, Flight Management System (FMS) routes, engine data, as well as system diagnostic information. The L-3 Display Systems PFD and EED will be certified to DO-178B Level A standards.

“We are honored to have earned this opportunity to provide displays to NASA for use by our nation’s astronauts,” said Bob McGill, president of L-3 Display Systems. “L-3 Display Systems is a leader in providing high-performance display systems for demanding environments and we look forward to providing the NASA T-38N fleet with our most advanced display technology.”

L-3 Display Systems, located in Alpharetta, Georgia, specializes in the design, development and manufacture of ruggedized display systems for the world's most advanced applications. The division was selected as The Boeing Company’s 2002 Supplier of the Year for Aerospace Support from a field of over 11,000 suppliers and also received the distinguished Preferred Supplier Certification Award from Boeing. L-3 Display Systems offers 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 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.

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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