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L-3 COMMUNICATIONS DISPLAY SYSTEMS DELIVERS E-2C FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS

ALPHARETTA, GA, October 31, 2003 — L-3 Communications Display Systems (L-3 Display Systems), a division of L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL), announced today that it has delivered the initial 17" color flat panel AMLCD-based displays for the E-2C Group II Enhanced Main Display Unit (EMDU) Upgrade Program, replacing the Cathode Ray Tube displays used on earlier versions of the EMDU. Under the terms of this contract, L-3 Display Systems will deliver over 150 EMDUs during the life of the upgrade program.

These next-generation EMDUs offer significant reduction in aircraft weight (reduced by 180 lb), reduced power, improved reliability and maintainability, higher resolution and brightness and improved life cycle costs. In addition, the EMDUs provide situational awareness information, including radar, identification-friend-or-foe and other tactical information.

“L-3 Display Systems has provided EMDUs for the past 15 years,” said Bob McGill, president of L-3 Display Systems. “L-3 has unmatched company knowledge and a history of meeting the unique requirements associated with the E-2C.”

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 recently 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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