L-3 Awarded U.S. Air Force Warfighter Readiness & Training Program Contract
August 03 2016 - 1:38PM
Business Wire
L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that its
Electronic Systems group was awarded a seven-year contract to
provide training solutions in support of the U.S. Air Force’s
Warfighter Readiness & Training program following a
recompetition process. L-3 initially won the Warfighter program in
1997 and will continue its prime contractor role under an initial
task order valued at $23.5 million with a maximum ceiling value of
$200 million.
The Warfighter program provides the Air Force with a wide range
of research into advanced technologies to improve training
effectiveness. L-3’s Link Simulation & Training division in
Arlington, Texas, will serve as the prime contractor on the
program.
“This award builds on L-3’s long-term involvement in the leading
edge of research and development for warfighter training and
represents a major recompete win for L-3,” said Steve Kantor,
president of L-3 Electronic Systems. “The technology enhancements
and training improvements developed by the Air Force Research
Laboratory, in conjunction with the L-3 team, will ensure that
advances in technologies provided to the U.S. Air Force will
continue to be the best, most innovative in the world.”
“L-3’s research, engineering and development efforts will
directly transition advanced technologies and improved training
methods to the warfighter,” added Lenny Genna, president of L-3
Link Simulation & Training. “The research we undertake, with
the support of our industry team, will positively impact U.S. Air
Force and joint training doctrine, in addition to enhancing the
design of future training systems.” Mr. Genna noted that as part of
this Air Force program, the L-3 team will also provide evaluation
and validation of training approaches, including methods, tools,
instrumentation and enterprise infrastructure for learning and
performance.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 38,000
people worldwide and is a leading provider of a broad range of
communication and electronic systems and products used on military
and commercial platforms. L-3 is also a prime contractor in
aerospace systems. The company reported 2015 sales of $10.5
billion.
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