25 EO/IR Imaging Flight Demonstrations for the U.S. Army - Wescam

649 North Service Rd. W.Burlington, Ontario Canada L7P 5B9905-633-4000 Fax: 905-633-4100www.wescam.comNewsContact: Paul JennisonVice President, Government Sales and Business DevelopmentL-3 WESCAM905-633-4000Sara ChedgeyMarketing and Communications ManagerL-3 WESCAM905-633-4000For Immediate ReleaseL-3 WESCAM Executes Successful MX -25 EO/IR Imaging Flight Demonstrationsfor the U.S. ArmyBURLINGTON, Canada, February 21, 2013 – L-3 WESCAM announced today the successfulon-time delivery and in-flight demonstrations of its first MX -25 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR)imaging system. The MX-25 was delivered to the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona,where it was evaluated by the Persistent Threat and Detection System (PTDS)Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) team as a plug-and-play upgrade path for theMX-20 systems currently deployed on PTDS aerostats.“Verifying that the MX-25 could be quickly installed as a spiral PTDS upgrade was a necessity,as the U.S. Army has an immediate requirement to identify insurgent activity at significantlygreater distances than what its current system was designed to operate from,” said PaulJennison, L-3 WESCAM vice president of government sales and business development.“Engineering this long-range solution for the U.S. Army represents the fifth technology spiralpath that L-3 WESCAM has provided to CECOM since PTDS became operational in 2005.”Upon delivery and after only two hours of installation, the MX-25 was operational and evaluatedover a course of nine consecutive days. During this time, a side-by-side resolution test wasconducted between the MX-20 and MX-25, whereby the MX-25 provided similarly detailedthermal imagery at fifty percent greater standoff distances.

L-3 WESCAM Executes Successful Demonstrations of MX -25 Imaging Turret Page 2The superior range capability and enhanced situational awareness that the system executedduring testing is a result of a significantly larger IR lens aperture, a high-definition IR imager andimproved stabilization. The MX-25 has the ability to house up to seven imaging and lasersensors and can be further equipped with a laser designator option.L-3 WESCAM is a world leader in the design and manufacture of stabilized, multi-spectralimaging systems. To learn more about L-3 WESCAM, please visit the company’s website atwww.wescam.com.Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 51,000 people worldwide and is aprime contractor in C 3 ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance andReconnaissance) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and national securitysolutions. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on militaryand commercial platforms. The company reported 2012 sales of $13.1 billion. To learn moreabout L-3, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com.Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release areforward-looking statements. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or referto events or conditions or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,”“believes,” “estimates,” “will,” “could” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements.The forward-looking statements set forth above involve a number of risks and uncertainties thatcould cause actual results to differ materially from any such statement, including the risks anduncertainties discussed in the company’s Safe Harbor Compliance Statement for Forward-Looking Statements included in the company’s recent filings, including Forms 10-K and 10-Q,with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements speak only asof the date made, and the company undertakes no obligation to update these forward-lookingstatements.# # #