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L-3 Awarded $76.6 Million Contract to Construct and Install Ocean Observing System in Northeast Pacific Ocean NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL - News) announced today that its MariPro division
has been awarded a $76.6 million contract by the University of
Washington (UW). The company will design, build and install the Regional
Scale Nodes (RSN) component of the National Science Foundation's Ocean
Observatories Initiative. The cabled ocean observing system will be
located on the Juan de Fuca Plate off the Washington and Oregon coasts.
“L-3 MariPro is committed to providing UW with this critical subsea infrastructure for the advancement of ocean science,” said Dan Chabot, vice president of Business Operations at L-3 MariPro. The RSN system is a vast network of ocean observing sensors and mobile robots interconnected by nearly 800 km. of fiber optic cable. The continuous data flow from these subsea sensors will be integrated by a sophisticated computing network and will be available via the Internet in near real time to researchers, public policy makers, and educational and public engagement programs. This transformative infrastructure will provide new tools for discovery-oriented researchers to better study and understand complex ocean processes. "In L-3 MariPro we have found a highly experienced partner to work with in building the infrastructure for next-generation ocean science and education," says Peter Barletto, Jr., of the University of Washington, director and chief operating officer of the RSN program. "We are eager to begin and look forward to working together to implement the RSN." The NSF’s Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is managed and coordinated by the OOI Project Office at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership in Washington, D.C. About the University of Washington The University of Washington, located in Seattle, Washington, is one of the preeminent research universities in the world. The concept of a regional cabled ocean observatory was nurtured and developed at UW, a vision based upon decades of experience in at-sea research in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. To learn more about UW, please visit the university’s Web site at www.washington.edu. To learn more about RSN, please visit the project Web site at www.interactiveoceans.washington.edu. About L-3 MariPro Inc. L-3 MariPro, located near Santa Barbara, California, has nearly five decades of experience providing long life subsea cabled sensor system solutions to both U.S. and international customers for naval, surveillance, ocean monitoring and ocean science applications. L-3 MariPro has also delivered ocean observing solutions for the MARS and NEPTUNE Canada projects. To learn more about L-3 MariPro Inc., please visit the company’s Web site at www.L-3com.com/maripro. About L-3 Communications Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 66,000 people worldwide and is a prime 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 2008 sales of $14.9 billion. To learn more about L-3, 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. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to events or conditions or that include words such as "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "will," "could" and similar expressions 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. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6099991&lang=en MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=6099991 Contact: L-3 Marine & Power Systems Alexis Byrd, 703-737-6206 Director of Communications Source: L-3 Communications
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