Boeing Awards U.S. Navy F/A-18 Component Repairs to L-3 MAS
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NEW YORK-L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its MAS (L-3 MAS) subsidiary in Mirabel, Quebec has been awarded a $7.52 million contract by The Boeing Company (Boeing) for the repair of 32 F/A-18 aircraft Outer Wing Panels for the U.S. Navy. This is the latest in an ongoing series of awards to L-3 MAS by Boeing for F/A-18 Outer Wing Panels.
Outer Wing Panels are a basic structural component of the F/A-18 wing, which is typically folded up during aircraft carrier operations or in confined spaces. These repairs mitigate the risk of critical failures due to age, corrosion and metal fatigue, as part of corrective maintenance procedures for the aircraft. The U.S. Navy currently operates over 800 F/A-18 aircraft.
"This award is another important step in our relationship with Boeing," said Sylvain Bedard, president of L-3 MAS. "We have developed unique processes over the last 20 years of working on the Canadian fleet of CF-18 aircraft, which now provides us with the means to offer competitive solutions to Boeing and their end customers. This award for U.S Navy components underscores our evolving ability to compete in the U.S. market."
"Boeing is pleased to partner again with L-3 MAS in support of the U.S. Navy's FA-18's," said Al DeQuetteville, vice president of Boeing in Canada. "This contract with L-3 MAS is another example of how Boeing works to ensure that Canada benefits from direct and indirect opportunities and economic benefits throughout the country."
L-3 MAS is among Canada's leading providers of aircraft in-service support services. L-3 MAS employs more than 1,000 people at its operating centres in Cold Lake, Ottawa, Mirabel, Bagotville and Williamtown (Australia). To learn more about L-3 MAS, please visit the company's web site at www.L-3Com.com/mas.
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, intelligence systems, 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.
L-3 Communications
Cynthia Swain, 212-697-1111
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President
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