An L-3 Communications division has received an initial $23.5 million task order to provide training systems to the U.S. Air Force as part of a potential seven-year, $200 million contract awarded in April. L-3 said Wednesday its link simulation and training division will act as prime contractor on the Air Force’s Warfighter Readiness & Training program that seeks advanced tools for the military branch to train and […] More

L-3 Communications has received a nine-year $160 million, subcontract from Bollinger Shipyards to provide an integrated C4ISR system for the U.S. Coast Guard‘s future Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters. L-3 said Monday it will provide initial design updates to the FRC ships such as antenna arrangement and analysis, exterior communications and other situation awareness platforms. The company will also deliver, […] More

An official with L-3 Communications has said the company is ready to offer to international customers a new aircraft designed to perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, FlightGlobal said Wednesday. Craig Hoyle writes John Koziol, vice president of ISR systems at L-3, made the announcement after the company launched the Spydr II aircraft at the […] More

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems unit has ordered electro-optical and infrared designator systems from L-3 Communications’ WESCAM division for installation on a General Atomics-built remotely piloted aircraft. General Atomics will integrate L-3’s MX-15D EO/IR designators onto the Predator XP RPA for an international military client, L-3 said Tuesday. The MX-15D features large-aperture, long focal-length optics and patented four-axis gimbal technology designed to support intelligence, surveillance and […] More

L-3 Communications has completed system updates to a C-130 military transport aircraft for Argentina under the U.S. Air Force‘s foreign military sales program. The company’s platform integration division refreshed the aircraft’s communication, navigation, air traffic management and critical environmental and power systems, L-3 said Tuesday. The updated C-130 is the first of five aircraft slated for avionics and […] More

An L-3 Communications division has secured an order from an agency in Finland to supply infrared imaging tools for installation onboard Airbus Group-built H215 helicopters. L-3 WESCAM will integrate its MX-15 electro-optical and infrared imaging systems with Finnish Border Guard’s H215 aircraft designed for use in search-and-rescue and maritime border patrol missions, L-3 Communications said Monday. […] More

L-3 Communications has received a potential three-year, $19 million contract to develop a Radio Frequency Continuous Wave Microwave Power Module amplifier for the U.S. Navy. The Naval Research Laboratory awarded the firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive procurement process with three bids received, the Defense Department said Friday. DoD said NRL will use the RF CW MPM amplifiers […] More

L-3 Communications‘ aerospace sustainment and support business has re-adopted the “Vertex Aerospace” name in a move to highlight the unit’s specialized services for the public sector. The business is part of L3’s aerospace systems segment and provides a wide range of  aviation services to military and government customers, L-3 said Monday. “The name Vertex Aerospace resonates with our customers and employees because […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded contracts to North American Surveillance Systems and L-3 Communications valued at $40 million and $14.2 million, respectively, to provide services and updates to Cessna 208B aircraft. The Defense Department said Monday the contract NASS landed requires the company to modify and integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance features into the Cessna aircraft as well as […] More

L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 KEO has received a $9.3 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide MK 46 and MK 20 electro-optical sensor system depot spares. The Defense Department said Wednesday L-3 KEO will deliver the spares for the Navy as well as the government of South Korea under the foreign military sales program. L-3 acquired Danaher Corp.‘s Kollmorgen […] More

Michel Potvin, vice president of corporate marketing and strategy at Esterline, has been appointed as platform president of Esterline’s avionics systems business in Montreal, Canada. He will succeed Greg Yeldon, who is due to step down in early May, and will manage the organization that offers avionics products and sales support services to the Canadian aerospace and defense sector, Esterline […] More

An L-3 Communications division has received a contract from Poland’s ministry of national defense and support directorate to provide maintenance and technical services in support of updates on the Polish air force’s F-16 Aircrew Training System. L-3 Link Simulation & Training will also provide repair parts and spares for all training devices under the F-16 ATS program […] More