L-3 Awarded $13.4 M Option by US Army Sustainment Command

(Lancaster, Penn., July 28, 2008) -- L-3 BT Fuze Products announced today that it has been awarded a $13.4 million second option release by the U.S. Army Sustainment Command at Rock Island Arsenal to produce M67 fragmentation hand grenades. This award brings the total hand grenades contract value to over $30 million. The M67 fragmentation grenade is a common close combat weapon for soldiers and Marines.

"This is a major award for our division," said Bill Mohler, vice president and general manager of L-3 BT Fuze Products. "In addition to the M67 fragmentation hand grenade production effort, we are actively pursuing additional product enhancements in an effort to provide a better product for the warfighter."

Source : L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LLL)