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L-3 Communications Holdings

L-3 Communications Holdings

Total awards:
$ 5,341,120,624

Awards from the Department of Defense:
$ 4,849,615,503


What they do: L-3 emerged from six units discarded during the 1997 merger of Lockheed and Martin Marrieta and has quickly grown to become a major producer of surveillance and reconnaissance machinery as well as intelligence help, including linguists and technology training for government agencies. L-3 recently teamed up with Boeing and Alenia North America to edge out Raytheon's bid for a $2 billion military cargo plane contract. The name refers to the company's trio of founders, Frank Lanza, Robert LaPenta, and Lehman Brothers.

http://www.l-3com.com

The first completed US Navy EP-3E Aries II conversion aircraft departs from the L-3 modification facility in Waco, Texas. DoD photo by: L-3 Communications

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