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L-3 Prime Contractor on $326 M US Marine Corps Contract News Category: [Defence-Land][Defence-Air][Defence-Naval]
(New York, March 20, 2008) -- L-3 Communications (NYSE: LLL) announced today that it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Marines to supply Tactical Video Capture Systems (TVCS) at military training sites in the United States and overseas. As prime contractor, L-3 will lead a team of suppliers in the implementation of Praetorian, L-3's next-generation, open-architecture 3D intelligent video observation system. The three-year contract is valued at more than $326 million.
Praetorian is the U.S. Marine Corp's first "intelligent" TVCS, enabling users to view multiple sites under surveillance in both real-time and on recorded 3D video to analyze information more quickly and act preemptively to stop or contain emerging threats. In addition to improving users' situational awareness and information management, Praetorian, also reduces costs, labor and the risk of loss.
"Praetorian solves the technical challenge of managing unlimited streams of disparate video and audio information by putting it into a real-time, easy-to-understand and actionable format for quick-turn, after-action review," said Jerry Bates, president of L-3 Global Security & Engineering Solutions, which developed the Praetorian system. "We are very proud to be leading the team delivering this critical, state-of-the-art technology and training support program for the U.S. Marines."
Mr. Bates added that Praetorian's capabilities can be applied across a variety of industry sectors including defense, government and commerce and finance. The system is also adaptable for infrastructure and port security, as well as airports and public events.
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