L-3 Communications Promotes Michael R. Orlowski to Vice President of B

    Business Editors/Defense Writers

    NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 22, 2005--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that Michael R. Orlowski has been promoted to vice president of business review. In this position, Mr. Orlowski will be responsible for overseeing the company's bids and proposals analysis, used to determine resource allocation and business investment. He will oversee the review and evaluation of bids and proposals, capital requirements and advance funding requests from the L-3 divisions, and due diligence related to the company's acquisition strategy. As the primary liaison between the L-3 divisions and corporate senior management, Mr. Orlowski will also be responsible for tracking division and overall corporate performance and status.
    Mr. Orlowski will continue to be based in L-3's New York office, reporting to David T. Butler, vice president of planning.
    Mr. Orlowski has extensive experience in business planning, acquisition due diligence, budgeting and government procurement in both the defense industry and in the U.S. Government. In 1967, he began his career as a staff auditor for the U.S. Government Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA). Shifting to private sector work in 1984, Mr. Orlowski held senior-level business planning positions at technology and defense companies such as ITT, GEC Marconi, Loral Corporation and Lockheed Martin, before joining L-3 as senior director of business review in 1997. His responsibilities in this position included directing the review and evaluation of bids and proposals to the U.S. Government and commercial customers, L-3 divisions' capital requirement requests, and financial analysis and due diligence in relation to company acquisitions.
    "Mike has been a valued member of the L-3 team since joining the company in 1997," said Frank C. Lanza, chairman and chief executive officer of L-3 Communications, "and has 37 years of technology and defense, private and public sector experience in budgeting and financial review. We look forward to Mike's continuing support in his new position."

    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 and is a merchant supplier of a broad array of high technology products. 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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    Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and uncertainties discussed in the company's Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-looking Statements included in the company's recent filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q, with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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