BURLINGTON, CANADA, May 3, 2007 – L-3
Communications WESCAM (L-3 WESCAM), a wholly owned subsidiary of
L-3 Communications, announced today that it has established an
International Service Center Agreement with Indra Sistemas, S.A,
a Spanish Information Technologies and Defense Systems company,
to create an industry-leading International Service Center (ISC)
in Spain. Equipped with the latest-generation technology,
this facility is scheduled to open in July 2007.
Indra will be an authorized service center for WESCAM’s
MX-15, MX-15i and MX-15HD electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)
imaging turrets, and will provide maintenance and support to turrets
belonging to WESCAM’s growing list of European customers
located throughout Spain and the Iberian Peninsula.
Current MX-15 customers in Spain include the Spanish Navy, Fisheries,
Dirección General de Trafico, Forest Fire Fighting services
(SAETA), Emergency Forces and Eurocopter Espana.
Indra’s maintenance facility will offer customers a greater
level of service support. With direct access to local maintenance
facilities, engineering services, qualified technicians, loaner
systems and on-site service, the quick repair-response created
by this center will further decrease service turnaround time.
The addition of Indra as an ISC brings WESCAM’s off-shore
maintenance facility count to seven. Strategically located facilities
can be found in: Cheltenham, UK; Telford, UK; Cairns, Australia;
Kamakura, Japan; Santa Rosa, California; Roma, Italy; and Madrid,
Spain.
“Being close to our customers is a key priority for WESCAM,” said
Rod Till, Director of Customer Service. “Our goal is
to listen to their needs and provide the most responsive level
of customer service possible. The partnership WESCAM has
formed with Indra will directly address market expectations and
further elevate the success in Europe we’ve had with our
MX®-Series of products.”
L-3 WESCAM is a world leader in the design and manufacture of
stabilized, multi-spectral airborne imaging systems. To
learn more about L-3 WESCAM, please visit the company’s web
site at www.wescam.com.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over
63,000 people worldwide and is a prime system 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 2006 sales of
$12.5 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s web
site at www.L-3Com.com.
MX® is a registered Trademark of WESCAM Inc.
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