News & Events: Press Release

L-3 Communications Display Systems to Produce Display
Interface Module for the Javelin Weapon System

Alpharetta, GA, November 28, 2006 – L-3 Communications Display Systems (L-3 Display Systems), a division of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has received a production contract on the Javelin Anti-Tank Weapon System’s Block 1 Upgrade Program. The Javelin has fire-and-forget capability and is the world's foremost man-portable, medium-range anti-tank weapon system. It supports the U.S. military’s transformation efforts, including current and future forces, by enabling a single soldier to defeat any armored vehicle.  The Javelin weapon system is utilized by U.S. Army and Marine Corps combat units and is also approved through the U.S. Army's Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program for international procurement.

The contract was awarded by Raytheon Missile Systems Company, a unit of Raytheon Company, located in Tucson, Arizona.  For this award, L-3 Display Systems will produce Display Interface Modules (DIF Modules). Deliveries of a large quantity of DIF Modules are expected to begin in June 2006 and continue through August 2007, with additional orders expected.

The DIF Modules will be integrated into the Javelin’s Block 1 Command Launch Unit (CLU) to enable enhanced resolvability of thermal imaging, provide increased situational awareness and to augment the training capabilities of the Block 1 CLU.  When replacing the legacy monochrome CRT, the DIF Module provides a lower power, lighter weight, higher resolution, increased functionality, full color display solution.

 “We are proud to have engaged in this teaming effort to produce a state-of-the-art micro-display for the Javelin Command Launch Unit,” said Bob McGill, president of the L-3 Displays Group.  “This weapon system can only enhance the warfighter’s power of mission effectiveness against armored vehicles.”

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.  L-3 Display Systems offers a wide variety of displays and processors available to meet a host of system architectures for airborne, shipboard and group-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.  The company is a leading merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products, including guidance and navigation, sensors, scanners, fuzes, data links, propulsion systems, simulators, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave components.  L-3 also supports a variety of Homeland Security initiatives with products and services.  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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