The Real Most Active - NYSE Dec 8, 2007
L-3 Communications Holdings () fell 3. 92 to 109. (Investors Business Daily)
L-3 loses contract but reaffirms forecasts Dec 8, 2007
NEW YORK L-3 Communications Holdings Inc said Friday it was not awarded a contract that it had previously held to provide translators and linguists to support U.S. military operations in Iraq. The company said the loss of the linguist contract has no impact on its previously announced financial outlook for this year and next. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Mobile Video Outfit Refocuses Nov 29, 2007
Of course, there's big competition here, namely from General Electric (nyse: - - ), Verint Systems and L-3 Communications Holdings (nyse: - - ). But Durand thinks Integrian can fend them off thanks to a loyal customer base and partnerships with Dell (nasdaq: - - ) and Motorola (nyse: - - ). (Forbes -- Business)
Air safety system developed by Phoenix company Nov 21, 2007
ACSS, a partnership between New York City-based aerospace company L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and international defense contractor Thales Co., clearly has a competitive edge. "We took a big risk developing this technology, not knowing it would be the one the FAA selected," Hedden said. (AZCentral -- Business)
US judge: contractor can face Iraqi torture suit Nov 7, 2007
The plaintiffs sued CACI International Inc (CAI.N: , , ), which provided interrogators at Abu Ghraib, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.'s Titan unit (LLL.N: , , ), which provided interpreters to the U.S. military in Iraq. U.S. District Judge James Robertson dismissed the claims against Titan because the translators performed their duties under the direct command and under the exclusive operational control of military personnel. (Reuters)
Military Struggling to Meet MRAP Demand Aug 26, 2007
Wall Street expects at least 14 other companies to submit test vehicles by mid-September, including AM General Corp., the maker of armored Humvees, Oshkosh Truck Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Ceradyne Inc., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and Textron Inc., and two international companies, including Regis Trading International of South Africa and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann of Germany. Contractors will be selected in early December. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Forbes Beltway Index: 52-Week Winners Aug 21, 2007
Among those in that category this week are EMC (nyse: - - ), L-3 Communications Holdings (nyse: - - ), Moog (nyse: - - ), and United Industrial (nyse: - - ) ... L-3 Communications Holdings (nyse: - - ). (Forbes -- Business)
Legg Mason's Posner, Angerame Start Over by Selling 90 Percent of Stocks Aug 10, 2007
Posner and Angerame put 30 percent of Partners Capital's assets in information-technology stocks, including Cisco and New York-based L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., twice that of the benchmark Russell 3000 Index. They doubled the fund's stake in financial-services companies to 27 percent of assets. (Bloomberg)
TSA to test new passenger screening in 3 cities Aug 1, 2007
The contracts were awarded to: X-ray inspection technology firm American Science & Engineering; military equipment company L-3 Communications Holdings Inc.; and electronics maker OSI Systems Inc.'s Rapiscan Systems subsidiary. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Travel)
U.S. Awards $50B Technology Contract to 29 Firms Aug 1, 2007
Winners included Electronic Data Systems Corp., International Business Machines Corp., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and Unisys Corp.. The contract will run for at least five years and can be extended for up to five more, with a maximum value of $50 billion, according to the U.S. General Services Administration, the agency that administers the contract. (eWeek)
Stocks to Watch Jul 9, 2007
L-3 Communications Holdings' () first-quarter per-share profit is expected to be $1. 27. (Fox News)
Lockheed wins Air Force training work Jul 6, 2007
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp. has beaten L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. to win a $1. 07 billion 10-year contract for training of Air Force special operations forces and search and rescue crews. (ABC News -- Wire)
Uncle Sam Spends Billions With Local Companies Jul 5, 2007
Is it the same company over and over. Are there a lot of no-bid contracts awarded by the same government agency. (Tampa Bay Online, FL -- News)
Raytheon protests losing contest for military pact Jun 28, 2007
Jim Hvizd , vice president for Raytheon's cargo aircraft program, contended that the Waltham defense contractor's proposal for the Joint Cargo Aircraft was more than 15 percent cheaper than that of its competitor, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., based in New York, which was awarded the hotly contested contract on June 13. Hvizd said officials from Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division in El Segundo, Calif. (Boston Globe)
Raytheon to protest U.S. award to rivals: WSJ Jun 25, 2007
A team led by L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. earlier in June won the contract to supply cargo aircraft over the next five years to the U.S. Army and Air Force. The L-3 team includes Boeing Co. and Alenia North America, a unit of Italy's Finmeccanica SpA , as well as Rolls-Royce Plc and Honeywell Inc.. (ABC News -- Wire)
L3 Team Beats Raytheon to Build Planes Jun 14, 2007
WASHINGTON L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. on Wednesday beat out rival Raytheon Co. to win a Pentagon contract worth up to $2 billion to build cargo planes for the military. A senior advisory panel at the Pentagon picked a team led by New York-based L-3 to build 78 C-27J Spartan cargo planes by 2013, replacing the military's aging light cargo aircraft, senior Army and Air Force officials said. (Houston Chronicle)
Fla. base to build military cargo planes Jun 14, 2007
base to build military cargo planes - 06/14/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)
L3 team beats Raytheon for $2.04bn contract Jun 14, 2007
The Pentagon announced on Wednesday night that L-3 Communications Holdings and a US subsidiary of Italy's Finmeccanica were awarded a $2. 04bn contract for a tactical transport aircraft to service both the US army and air force, beating a rival bid by Raytheon in partnership with EADS.. (MSNBC -- Business)
Raytheon bidding for military cargo plane contract Jun 13, 2007
Competing with the Raytheon-CASA bid is a team led by another systems integrator, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. of New York, in partnership with Italian aircraft maker Alenia. The Army is expected to award the cargo plane contract as early as this week. (Boston Globe -- Business)
GAO faults translation contract Jun 13, 2007
DynCorp International Inc. and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. should re-compete for a $4. 6 billion U.S. Army translation contract, the Government Accountability Office has said for a second time. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
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Raytheon led a team called the Warrior Training Alliance, which included Computer Sciences Corp. in El Segundo, California, and L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. in New York. There are more than 60 other companies on the team. (Bloomberg)
Abu Ghraib contractor gets 3 years for porn May 26, 2007
Ahmed Hasan Khan, 31, of Woodbridge, had been working at Abu Ghraib for contractor L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. in November 2005 when a network administrator at the prison saw that Khan had been visiting suspicious sites. A search of Khan's laptop computer later found hundreds of child pornography images, including children as young as 4, officials said. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
Letter From Jordan May 23, 2007
This dismays the American trainers, who are employed by two Virginia-based security-training companies: Civilian Police International and MPRI, a unit of New York-based L-3 Communications Holdings. "It's no secret that they can't train in Iraq," says Cal Chilton, a 58-year-old retired police instructor from Phoenix. (International Herald Tribune)
Nothing sexy about nude scans May 18, 2007
The two machines now being used at Schiphol, one of Europe's busiest airports, were made by SafeView, an arm of New York-based L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. If things go well, the airport expects to expand to 17 machines this year, then possibly more. The system is also being tested at airports in Mexico City and London, among others. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Amsterdam airport's new 'X-ray' security scan reveals all... May 17, 2007
The machines at Schiphol are made by SafeView, an arm of New York-based L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., and, like the "backscatter" systems, are under consideration by the Department of Homeland Security for wider deployment in the United States. Snoerwang said there had been no objections about the sacrifice of privacy for security since two machines were opened for public use Tuesday. (The Drudge Report)
L-3 profit up on military electronics Apr 24, 2007
The company, which makes airport security equipment, electronic gear for military aircraft and runs technology systems for U.S. federal agencies, also raised its forecasts for the full year, saying that two small acquisitions would add to earnings. The New York-based company posted a quarterly net profit of $162 million, or $1. (ABC News -- Wire)
Mason L-3 unit wins contract worth up to $49M Apr 6, 2007
L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LLL), headquartered in New York, provides command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C3ISR) systems. It has two other local subsidiaries: in Union Township, Clermont County; and , in West Chester. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Business briefs Mar 30, 2007
Judge to review insurer's case The clouded situation of St. Petersburg insurer Universal Health Care should get clearer Tuesday (Herald-Tribune)
Union: Albertsons flouted law Mar 30, 2007
Military contractor L-3 Communications Holdings said the Government Accountability Office backed its protest over the loss of a $4. 65 billion linguistics contract. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
FAA encourages adoption of electronic runway navigation system Mar 24, 2007
John Hickey, director of aircraft certification at the FAA, identified potential makers of the navigation systems as Boeing Co. subsidiary Jeppesen Sanderson Inc. and ACSS, a joint venture of L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. and Thales SA., a French defense firm. While the systems would show an airplane's location on a runway, it would not be able to display other aircraft or issue warnings if one gets too close. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Accredited may be delisted Mar 20, 2007
L-3 Communications Holdings, the New York defense contractor, has won a nine-month extension of its contract to supply translators to the Army in Iraq. The added work is valued at up to $680 million. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Lockheed Tops Among DoD Contractors Mar 8, 2007
Elsewhere in the top 10, L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. (LLL) rose to seventh place from ninth place, with $5. 2 billion in contract awards. (SmartMoney)
DynCorp readies for big contract (Tom Ramstack) Feb 13, 2007
DynCorp International beat out military contractor L-3 Communications Holdings, which anticipated earning $600 million from the translations contract this year. L-3 Communications responded by filing a protest with the Government Accountability Office. (Washington Times, DC)
Winning The War Feb 13, 2007
A random sampling of companies that are known to have been awarded contracts for work in Iraq--KBR, CACI International (nyse: - - ), DynCorp International (nyse: - - ), Fluor, L-3 Communications Holdings (nyse: - - ) and Northrop Grumman (nyse: - - )--have all posted a five-year net gain. These companies were selected solely for their frequent appearances in the news media. (Forbes)
Defense stocks fluctuate as war spending falls $6.3B short of Street expectations Feb 6, 2007
-based Lockheed Martin Corp. and New York-based L-3 Communications Holdings Co. were likely to gain as a result of higher Army procurement levels ... L-3 Communications Holdings Co. slipped 49 cents to finish at $85. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Spy Chief Nominee Faces Ethical Thicket Jan 31, 2007
Separately, McConnell draws $90,944 annually from his Navy retirement and owns smaller amounts of stock in other companies that also work extensively with the U.S. government, including Halliburton Co., Boeing Co., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Corp. and others. He also earns $16,000 as a board member for CompuDyne Corp., which sells security systems to the federal government, and $30,000 as chairman of the Intelligence and National Security... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Vital Signs: Consumers Propel Growth Jan 27, 2007
Allergan, Ambac Financial, Avalonbay Communities, Boeing, Constellation Energy Group, Dominion Resources, Dover Corp., Eastman Kodak, Eli Lilly, Est e Lauder, Equifax, Fiserv, Gilead Sciences, Google, Hercules, Hess, Hilton Hotels, Ingersoll-Rand, L-3 Communications Holdings, MeadWestvaco, New York Times, PSEG, Pulte Homes, Sealed Air, Starbucks, Time Warner, VeriSign, Vulcan Materials, Western Union, Xcel Energy. Thursday. (MSNBC -- Business)
Northrop Grumman's net rises Jan 26, 2007
Teamed with L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. of Manhattan, Northrop Grumman lost a $4. 6-billion Army contract for translation services in Iraq in December to DynCorp International Inc. L-3 is appealing the decision. (Newsday -- Business)
Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Commencement of Lawsuit Against MIPS Technologies, Inc. for the Back-Dating of Stock Option Grants -- MIPS Jan 11, 2007
Company L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. Micrel, Inc. NVIDIA Corporation Network Appliance, Inc. Opsware, Inc.. Stull, Stull & Brody has substantial experience representing employees who suffered losses from purchases of their employer's stock in their 401(k) plans. (Primezone Releases)
Beltway Stock Scan: New Congress Investing Jan 10, 2007
L-3 Communications Holdings (nyse: - - ). 80. (Forbes)
Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Commencement of Lawsuit against L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. for the Back-Dating of Stock Option Grants -- LLL Jan 7, 2007
Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Commencement of Lawsuit against L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. for the Back-Dating of Stock Option Grants -- LLL: Financial News - Yahoo ... Stull, Stull & Brody Announces Commencement of Lawsuit against L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. for the Back-Dating of Stock Option Grants -- LLLFriday January 5, 4:15 pm ET ... NEW YORK, Jan. 5, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- The law firm of Stull, Stull & Brody announces that a shareholder lawsuit has been commenced against... (Primezone Releases)
Backdating of Stock Options Is Revealed by 28 Companies in Avoiding Taxess Jan 6, 2007
The SEC received similar filings since December 15 from insiders at Cheesecake Factory Inc., L-3 Communications Holdings Inc., J2 Global Communications Inc., SPSS Inc., Jabil Circuit Inc., VeriSign Inc., Power Integrations Inc., Equinix Inc. and Sycamore Networks Inc.. To contact the reporter on this story: Miles Weiss in Washington. (Bloomberg)
