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General Richard A. Cody Promoted to Corporate Senior Vice President

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General Richard A. Cody Promoted to Corporate Senior Vice President

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has promoted General Richard A. Cody (U.S. Army – retired) to corporate senior vice president. General Cody will continue to lead L-3’s Washington Operations organization, reporting to L-3’s chairman, president and chief executive officer Michael T. Strianese.

Cody has led L-3’s Washington Operations organization since January 2010. Prior to joining L-3 in October 2008, he served as the 31st Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 2004 until his retirement from the U.S. Army in August 2008 after 36 years of service.

A graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, Cody is also a Master Aviator with over 5,000 hours of flight time. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of the George C. Marshall Foundation, a member of the national executive board of the Army Aviation Association of America, a Board Trustee of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund and the National Chairman for Homes for Our Troops, a non-profit organization dedicated to building specially adapted homes for severely wounded veterans.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs approximately 63,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in C³ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms. The company reported 2010 sales of $15.7 billion.

To learn more about L-3, please visit the company's website at www.L-3com.com. L-3 uses its website as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding L-3 is routinely posted on the company’s website and is readily accessible.

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