L 3 Communication Holdings News

The planes also can beam images and video directly to ground troops, who will be equipped with L-3 Communications a a Roversa - laptop devices that allow soldiers to see the same images as airborne operators.

Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. , a leading manufacturer of optical sighting systems and assemblies primarily for Department of Defense applications, today announced that it has signed a mutually exclusive Teaming Agreement with L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.

The Air Force as soon as Christmas Day will deliver to Afghanistan the first of 24 new Hawker Beechcraft Corp.

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Boeing Company [NYSE:BA], has successfully flight tested L-3 Communication Systems-West's Bandit digital data link onboard the Integrator unmanned aircraft system .

Aerospace and defense mergers will pick up in 2010 as larger companies seek targets in areas such as intelligence surveillance and take advantage of lower valuations, executives told Reuters this week.

U.S. defense industry executives say forecasts of flat or declining defense budgets are putting them under increasing pressure to deliver more flexible weapons faster and cheaper.

Defense contractor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc is in talks to buy a company for slightly more than $500 million and plans to make more acquisitions in the intelligence surveillance business next year, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

Investors scooped up large-caps in defensive sectors yesterday, boosting the Dow Jones Industrial Average .

The New York-based company, which bought more than 50 companies between 1997 and the death of its founder Frank C. Lanza in October 2006, said during an investor conference Thursday that conditions were improving for dealmaking.

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Narda , an L-3 Communications company, introduced the model 3326B-4 four-way power divider, which operates from 6 to 18 GHz and features precise phase and amplitude balance, high port-to-port isolation, and low input VSWR.

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Defense issue L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. could benefit from the Pentagon's decision to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan, as well as the U.S. military's near-$60 billion budget increase, Morgan Keenan analyst Brian Ruttenbur said on Monday.

The U.S. Defense Department's plan to send 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan is likely to prove a boon to defense contractors that gather and monitor intelligence and provide essential logistics services.

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. military has maintained training in Kuwait. The Defense Department has awarded a $162.7 million contract to L-3 Communications to support the U.S. Army program in Kuwait.

Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off at Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Fla., last year.

Even though L-3's fundamentals remain strong, the market seems to be ignoring this well positioned defense company.

Under this award, MPRI will be a subcontractor to Raytheon to provide training for U.S. and Coalition forces at the Udari Range in Kuwait.