L-3 STRATIS Awarded Health IT Support Contract by the U.S. Air Force

RESTON, Va., December 19, 2012 – L-3 STRATIS announced today that it has been awarded the Information Management /Information Technology (IM/IT) support contract by the United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE) Surgeon General’s (SG) office. This contract, valued at nearly $16 million over five years, will give L-3 STRATIS the opportunity to support the USAFE SG Headquarters in Ramstein AFB, Germany, as well as 10 Medical Treatment Facilities (MTFs) and eight Geographically Separated Units (GSUs) across five countries in the USAFE Area of Responsibility (AOR).

This win, combined with a similar award from the Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) SG office in March of this year, significantly increases the level of L-3 STRATIS’ work in the Air Force medical community. The IM/IT contracts provide the Command Surgeons in each AOR with localized technical services, as well as remote operational management of networks and servers, standardizing information management services and planning, programming and budgeting support of health information services.

“We are excited by this additional opportunity to support the U.S. Air Force with innovative solutions in the health IT arena,” said Les Rose, president of L-3 National Security Solutions. “With the USAFE award, STRATIS is now the leading IT provider to two of the three overseas Command Surgeons.” L-3 STRATIS, a division of L-3’s National Security Solutions Group, located in Reston, Va., serves customers worldwide. The division delivers specialized services and solutions in support of government and commercial entities, focusing on the areas of cybersecurity, intelligence and next-generation information technology. To learn more about L-3 STRATIS, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com/STRATIS.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 employs approximately 51,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in C3ISR (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. The company reported 2011 sales of $15.2 billion. To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s website at www.L-3com.com.

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