L-3 Communications‘ Unmanned Systems segment has launched its Airborne Pursuit and Exploitation unmanned aircraft system at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s Unmanned Systems 2014 conference held on May 12 to 15. The company said May 5 the compact, all-electric APEX can be used in close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and first responder and  urban […] More

An L-3 Communications division has kicked off plans to expand operations in Arlington, Tx. with up to $17 million in investments, My Arlington Texas reported Wednesday. L-3 Link intends to refurbish its properties at 2115 E. Randol Mill Road and 2200 Arlington Downs, as well as to build a new facility at 2215 E. Randol […] More

L-3 Communications‘ MAPPS will build subsystems for Canadian navy crews to manage propulsion, electrical and auxiliary equipment on patrol vessels under a subcontract awarded by Lockheed Martin. Lockheed is a primary supplier for Canada’s arctic and offshore patrol ships fleet and has picked L-3 MAPPS to support design work on the fleet’s integrated platform management system, L-3 […] More

L-3 Communications is working to extend mobile communications to frontline soldiers under a $15.5 million contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Sunday. John Keller writes the U.S. Army and Marine Corps warfighters will connect to a millimeter-wave communications backbone under the DARPA Mobile Hotspots program. The company will work to […] More

Boeing International has delivered the last of the 76 CF-188 fighter jets that the Canadian air force ordered through a contract awarded in March 2011.  The contract called for the modified CF-188 fighters to have an upgraded electronics warfare suite and modified air-to-air and ground-to-air threats protection equipment, the Canadian Air Force said March 4. L-3 Military […] More

L-3 Communications has reorganized the company’s business segments in a move that Chairman and CEO Michael Strianese called an effort to further the company’s technology and sales push. John McNellis has been named president of the new aerospace systems segment that combines the former platform and logistics segment and the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems […] More

A division of L-3 Communications has signed a three-year contract with Optometrics for the supply of optical components worth more than $4 million. Laura Lunardo, chief operating officer of Optometrics, said Monday the Dynasil company expects to create about 15 new jobs to scale production in order to meet the supply agreement terms. Watertown, Mass.-based Dynasil is a manufacturer of homeland […] More

General Dynamics‘ Bath Iron Works subsidiary will work with L-3 Communications and Spain-based shipbuilder Navantia to create a preliminary design for the Coast Guard’s future Offshore Patrol Cutter vessel. The Coast Guard will select a competing team after the 18-month first phase to develop a detail design and build between nine and 11 ships for the planned 25-ship […] More

BAE Systems and engineering partner L-3 MAS Canada have completed a maintenance contract intended to support a fleet of the Royal Australian Air Force, Australian Defence Magazine reported Friday. The companies worked to maintain and add structural refurbishments to the F/A-18 Classic Hornet fleet to keep the planes combat ready before the Joint Strike Fighter […] More

L-3 Communications‘ international customers are increasingly seeking to acquire simulation systems that multiple people can participate in as they want to create a virtual battlespace for training, L-3 Link Simulation & Training President Leonard Genna told Defense News in an interview published Monday. Genna described the goal of the “live virtual constructive” scenarios as being able […] More

Lockheed Martin has awarded L-3 Communication Systems-East a contract of an undisclosed value to design a communications subsystem for deployment onboard Canada’s arctic and offshore patrol ships. L-3 CS-East will provide automated components for maritime communications equipment under the Canadian navy’s AOPS project, for which Lockheed is a supplier, L-3 said Wednesday. “The interior and exterior […] More

American Systems, a provider of information engineering services to federal customers, has announced that programs under its operations/support and strategic solutions have been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration Maturity Level 3, or the “defined” level, for development and services by API Process Improvements.  John Steckel, president and CEO of American Systems, said in a […] More