NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2009--
L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that its MAPPS division
has been awarded a $61 million contract (CAD $73 million) to supply its
Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) upgrade for the Canadian
Navy's 12 Halifax Class frigates. The IPMS will modernize the frigate's
ship control system and improve the operational effectiveness of the
vessels.
"This award reinforces our position as the premier supplier of ship
control systems to the Canadian Navy," said Steve Kantor, president of
L-3 Marine and Power Systems Group. "It is one of the largest control
system contracts ever awarded - a single contract for 12 large frontline
naval ships."
The L-3 IPMS is based on a proven open-architecture design and features
Versa Module Europa-based remote terminal units. The new IPMS
incorporates a damage control system and electrical control system. It
also offers new advanced functionality with equipment health monitoring,
an on-board training system, CCTV integration and an interface with the
ship's new combat management system. Several training simulators will
also be delivered to the support facilities of the Canadian Navy.
The Halifax Class frigate (hull designation FFH) is a class of
multi-role patrol frigates that have served the Canadian Forces since
1992. HMCS Halifax (FFH 30) was the first of an eventual twelve
Canadian-designed and built vessels, which combine traditional
anti-submarine capabilities with systems to deal with surface and air
threats. In 2007, the Canadian government announced a planned refit of
the Halifax Class known as the Halifax Class Modernization Project or
alternately as the Frigate Life Extension.
The Halifax Class IPMS program follows on the heels of the selection of
L-3's IPMS in October 2008 for the Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) project
by Thales UK for the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defense.
L-3 MAPPS, a division of the L-3 Marine & Power Systems group, has over
25 years of experience in pioneering technological advances in the
marine automation field and over 35 years of experience in delivering
high-fidelity power plant simulation to leading utilities worldwide. In
addition, the company has more than three decades of expertise in
supplying plant computer systems for Canadian heavy water reactors. L-3
MAPPS also provides targeted controls and simulation solutions to the
space sector.
To learn more about L-3 MAPPS, please visit the company's Web site at www.L-3com.com/MAPPS.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 64,000
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 2007 sales of $14 billion.
To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's Web site at www.L-3com.com.
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CONTACT: L-3 Marine & Power Systems
Alexis Byrd, 703-737-6206
Director of Communications
Source: L-3 Communications
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