L-3 Link Simulation & Training and Sinclair Community College Jointly Develop Unmanned Aircraft System Training Capability

ARLINGTON, Texas, August 16, 2011 – L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced today that it is collaborating with Dayton, Ohio-based Sinclair Community College to educate students and industry participants in the operation and application of unmanned aircraft systems to support future global market requirements.

In support of this initiative – which aims to establish a National UAS Training and Certification Center on Sinclair’s campus – L-3 Link has designed and will install its UAS Classroom Training Suite, which includes 10 student stations that have independent vehicle and sensor controls. Sinclair has developed a curriculum and course materials, and will provide classroom instruction.

“With the rapid expansion of UAS platforms around the world, a job market has been created that requires talented and educated people skilled in the operation of unmanned systems,” said Leonard Genna, president of L-3 Link. “We are proud to team with Sinclair Community College to deliver a training solution that meets civilian UAS training needs, an area that has the potential for tremendous growth.”

“We believe this agreement with L-3 Link is another important step in our stated goal of developing a national UAS Training and Certification Center at Sinclair Community College,” said Deb Norris, Sinclair vice president for Workforce Development & Corporate Services. “L-3 Link’s significant expertise in UAS simulation and training fits well with that of our other regional UAS partners including the Center for UAV Exploitation and IDCAST affiliated with the University of Dayton Research Institute, Woolpert, a national leader in geospatial data collection and analysis, and Co-Operative Engineering Services, a UAV manufacturer and services provider.”

The L-3 Link-built UAS Classroom Training Suite includes a single instructor operator station and UAS training models that can be tailored and adapted to represent a specific UAS platform type. The suite will provide training focused on flight operations, payload integration, sensors, controls and communications. In developing and fielding this suite, L-3 Link is able to offer a full complement of training solutions that range from initially exposing students to UAS concepts to providing experienced operators with mission qualification opportunities in complex UAS platforms.

The UAS Classroom Training Suite’s system architecture is built on a scalable computational technology solution that breaks the traditional approach to how a training system is designed. This computational solution greatly increases training capability and reliability, while significantly decreasing cost, size, weight and power required for operation. By leveraging L-3 Link’s simulation capabilities, the UAS Classroom Training Suite provides operators with an immersive level of physics-based interaction, engagement and realism.

L-3 Link Simulation & Training is a world leader in providing total training solutions for operators and maintainers across a wide range of military platforms and Air Traffic Control systems. L-3 Link’s innovative solutions provide a full spectrum of state-of-the-art training technologies, including high-fidelity immersive simulations, as well as distributed academic and interactive courseware. The company has delivered military training systems to customer locations throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Pacific Rim. L-3 Link is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, with key bases of operation in Binghamton, N.Y.; Orlando, Fla.; Oklahoma City, Okla.; Broken Arrow, Okla.; and Phoenix, Ariz. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.link.com.

Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs approximately 61,000 people worldwide and is a prime contractor in C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms. The company reported 2010 sales of $15.7 billion. To learn more about L-3, please visit the company’s website at
www.L-3com.com.

Sinclair Community College is a nationally recognized leader in continuing education and workforce development. It is a Vanguard Learning College and is one of only 20 board member schools of the prestigious League for Innovation in the Community College. Sinclair prides itself on having the lowest tuition of any college or university in Ohio and its award winning faculty is consistently distinguished for excellence within Ohio and the nation. To learn more about Sinclair Community College, please visit www.sinclair.edu. For more information about Sinclair’s UAS Training & Certification Center, please visit http://UAS.sinclair.edu.

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