L-3 Communications Appoints Joseph C. Homko President of L-3 Communications' KDI Precision Products


NEW YORK----Aug. 8, 2006--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that Joseph C. Homko has been appointed president of its KDI Precision Products (KDI) subsidiary. In addition to this new position, Mr. Homko will maintain his role as president of L-3 Communications' BT Fuze Products (BT Fuze) division. With this new position, Mr. Homko will now oversee L-3's KDI operations, as well as those of BT Fuze. At KDI, Mr. Homko succeeds Eric Guerazzi, who has left the company to pursue other opportunities.

Mr. Homko will continue to report to James Dunn, president and chief operating officer of L-3's Sensors and Simulation Group and he will be headquartered at the BT Fuze facility in Lancaster, PA. Mr. Homko will also support Mr. Dunn in new business pursuits and he will coordinate capabilities across L-3's fuze and navigation product lines and divisions.

Mr. Homko, age 50, joined L-3 Communications in 2000 as president of BT Fuze. Prior to becoming president of BT Fuze, he served as vice president of operations for Bulova Technologies. He has over 25 years of experience in the manufacture of military ordnance with senior-level responsibilities in manufacturing, systems engineering and engineering management. Mr. Homko played a key role in the management and delivery of 120mm tank ammunition for Desert Storm. He has also been responsible for the delivery of highly successful M762A1/M767A1 electronic time fuzes for artillery, as well as for BT Fuze's entry into program systems management with the win of 105mm ammunition for the U.S. Army's Stryker vehicle, and most recently for the first systems contract for M67 Hand Grenade.

"Joe is a highly experienced manager who has demonstrated the ability to generate organic growth as well as new business opportunities," said Mr. Dunn. "BT Fuze and KDI are synergistic fuzing engineering and development businesses and we will look to Joe's extensive management skills and munitions industry experience for continued growth in this important segment."

Mr. Homko graduated from Virginia Tech/National Louis University with a degree in Business Management in 1993. Mr. Homko also has affiliations with the U.S. Army Picatinny Arsenal Commanders Industrial Advisory Council and the Munitions Industrial Base Lobby Group, as well as the National Defense Industrial Association, and the National Infantry Association.

KDI has a forty-year history as a leading provider of premium fuzing products, including proximity fuzes, electronic and electro-mechanical safety and arming devices (ESADs) and self-destruct/sub-munition grenade fuzes. KDI's customer list includes such premier names as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and the U.S. Army and Navy. KDI has developed products for several revolutionary precision weapon systems including the Joint Standoff Weapon System (JSOW), AIM 9X Sidewinder Air-To-Air Missile System, Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS), Extended Range Guided Munition (ERGM) and the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile System. To learn more about KDI, please visit the company's web site at kdi-ppi.com/.

BT Fuze is an ordnance systems manager, a premier designer and manufacturer of fuzing for the U.S. and its allies - providing a broad array of electronic time, point detonating and self-destruct fuzes. Additionally, BT Fuze assists our international allies with plant design for their in-country armament infrastructure. To learn more about BT Fuze Products, please visit the company's web site at L-3Com.com/btfuze.com.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading provider of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, secure communications systems, aircraft modernization, training and government services. The company is a leading merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products, including guidance and navigation, sensors, scanners, fuzes, data links, propulsion systems, simulators, avionics, electro optics, satellite communications, electrical power equipment, encryption, signal intelligence, antennas and microwave components. L-3 also supports a variety of Homeland Security initiatives with products and services. Its customers include the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, selected U.S. Government intelligence agencies and aerospace prime contractors.

To learn more about L-3 Communications, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3Com.com.

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