SAN DIEGO, CA, May 29, 2002
- The Telemetry & Instrumentation (L-3 T&I) enterprise
of L-3 Communications' (NYSE:LLL) newly formed Telemetry-West
division announced today that it has provided The Boeing
Company with a feature-intensive configuration of its
high-performance System 550 telemetry ground system. The
system will be used to support critical test and integration
activities for Boeing's Ground-based Midcourse Defense
Segment (GMDS) program, formerly known as the National
Missile Defense program.
Under the contract, the System
550 was outfitted with substantial telemetry data acquisition
and processing capabilities, including the unprecedented
ability to merge MIL-STD-1553, PCM telemetry, analog,
digital and raw sensor data into one interactive data
stream. The data provided by the System 550 will be used
to make strategic decisions regarding the missile's viability
and performance and to further develop mission capabilities.
"The System 550 ground system
we provided to Boeing is among the most robust configurations
we've ever built and will satisfy the exhaustive requirements
dictated by the GMDS missile's advanced technologies,"
said Doug golden, L-3 Telemetry-West's program manager
for the Boeing GMDS contract. "We understand the importance
of the GMDS program to our national defense and are pleased
to continue our partnership with The Boeing Company on
upcoming phases of GMDS missile test and development."
L-3 Communications Telemetry-West
leads the telemetry and test industry in the design and
manufacture of advanced real-time commercial-off-the-shelf
ground hardware and software solutions for spacecraft
command and control, satellite manufacturing and on-orbit
operations, launch testing and monitoring, flight test,
weapons test and development, surveillance and detection
and general-purpose data acquisition. Additionally, Telemetry-West
is the world's premier provider of custom flight hardware
and systems solutions for missile telemetry/flight termination
and spacecraft telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C),
as well as tactical intelligence receivers and terrestrial
HF and microwave radios. All solutions are offered with
complete systems engineering and integration services
and are backed by a global customer support organization.
The company has more than 50 years of experience in telemetry
and data acquisition technology and serves virtually every
major aerospace organization in the world. 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 is a leading merchant supplier
of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
products, secure communications systems and products,
avionics and ocean products, training products, microwave
components and telemetry, instrumentation, space and wireless
products. Its customers include the Department of Defense,
selected U.S. government intelligence agencies, aerospace
prime contractors and commercial telecommunications and
wireless customers. To learn more about L-3 Communications,
please visit the corporation's web site at www.L-3Com.com
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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.
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