L-3 Changes Date of Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Due to Hurricane

  L-3 Changes Date of Third Quarter Earnings Release and Conference Call Due
  to Hurricane

Business Wire

NEW YORK -- October 30, 2012

L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it has changed its 2012
third quarter conference call to Thursday, November 1, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. ET
due to Hurricane Sandy. The press release of 2012 third quarter results will
be issued on the same day before the open of the market.

Severe weather is expected to continue to disrupt transportation, power and
communications in the Northeast on Tuesday, October 30, the Company’s
originally scheduled earnings date.

Michael T. Strianese, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and
Ralph G. D’Ambrosio, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will
host the call.

                          Thursday, November 1, 2012
                                11:00 a.m. ET
                                10:00 a.m. CT
                                 9:00 a.m. MT
                                 8:00 a.m. PT

Listeners may access the conference call live at the following web address:

                                www.L-3com.com

Please allow 15 minutes prior to the call to visit this site to download and
install any necessary audio software. The archived version of the call may be
accessed at the site or by dialing 888-843-7419 (passcode: 33664521) beginning
approximately two hours after the call ends and will be available until the
company’s next quarterly earnings release.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 51,000 people
worldwide and is a prime contractor in C^3ISR (Command, Control,
Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems,
aircraft modernization and maintenance, and national security solutions. L-3
is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on
military and commercial platforms.

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.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in
this news release are forward-looking statements. Statements that are
predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to 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 that could cause actual results to
differ materially from any such statement, including the risks and
uncertainties 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 as of the date made, and the company
undertakes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

Contact:

L-3 Communications
Corporate Communications
212-697-1111