NEW
YORK, NY, September 13, 2000 -- L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL)
announced today that its Telemetry & Instrumentation (L-3
T&I) division has been selected to supply its System 550
real-time telemetry ground systems as key components in
the upgrade of the Real-Time Telemetry Processing System
(RTPS IV) facility for the Patuxent River Naval Air Warfare
Center (NAWC). The initial order is valued at $1 million,
with significant follow-on orders expected in 2001. System
deliveries are slated for the third quarter of this year.
L-3's
System 550 was selected as the best technical solution
for the RTPS IV upgrade after a year-long competitive
analysis showed it offered superior real-time processing
capabilities and could handle the facility's high-performance
requirements. The System 550s will be used to test a host
of new and existing aircraft and missile systems, helping
the facility support as many as eight flight tests simultaneously.
"We faced severe throughput limitations with our existing
system and needed to upgrade our capabilities to support
today's increasingly sophisticated flight test missions,"
said Walt Sidorovich, electronics engineer at Patuxent
River. "The System 550 delivers a performance improvement
of a factor of ten and provides an open architecture that
makes it easy for us to get exactly the data we need."
Patuxent
River will be one of the first customers to utilize the
System 550's new PMC Decom module, which supports an unprecedented
four PCM telemetry streams from a single VME slot. Thanks
to its compact size, the PMC Decom saves system resources
and delivers greater flexibility, all while supporting
higher data rates than conventional decommutators.
"For over ten years, L-3 T&I has been providing Patuxent
River NAWC with a wide range of telemetry components and
systems," said Mike Testa, L-3's program manager of the
RTPS IV contract. "We are pleased to continue that partnership
by delivering a proven System 550 solution that offers
Pax River higher performance, complete scalability and
intimate customer support over the long term."
L-3
Communications Telemetry & Instrumentation leads the telemetry
and test industry in the design and manufacture of advanced
real-time commercial-off-the-shelf hardware and software
solutions for flight test, weapons test and development,
launch testing and monitoring, spacecraft command and
control, satellite manufacturing and on-orbit operations,
avionics test and integration and general-purpose data
acquisition. All solutions are offered with complete systems
engineering and integration services and are backed by
a global customer support organization. The company has
more than 50 years of experience in telemetry and data
acquisition technology and serves virtually every major
aerospace organization in the world.
Headquartered
in New York City, L-3 Communications is a leading merchant
supplier of secure communications systems and products,
avionics and ocean products, training products, microwave
components and telemetry, instrumentation, space and wireless
products. Its customers include the Department of Defense,
selected US government intelligence agencies, aerospace
prime contractors and commercial telecommunications and
wireless customers.
To
learn more about L-3 Communications, please visit the
company's website at www.L-3Com.com.
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