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Steve Henden
Manager, Communications
ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company
623-445-7021
steve.henden@L-3com.com

ORLANDO, November 9, 2005 – ACSS, an L-3 Communications & Thales Company, announced today that certification paperwork for the TCAS 3000 – the only third generation TCAS II product – will be turned into the FAA before the end of this year. Certification of the new traffic alert and collision avoidance system, which will debut on the new Falcon 7X business jet from Dassault, is expected in the first quarter of next year.

“Development of new and exciting safety avionics systems has been the forte of ACSS since we became a business more than five years ago,” said Kris Ganase, president of ACSS. “With the TCAS 3000, we deliver savings in weight and power, as well as improve the reliability. Our new Surveillance Processor, which hosts the TCAS 3000 software, will allow customers to upgrade to future capabilities quickly and easily.”

The unique hardware design of the ACSS Surveillance Processor, which is available in either a four- or six-MCU form factor, enables aircraft owners to upgrade their entire suite of safety avionic systems by adding software. Among the many functions that can be added to the new platform are modules for terrain awareness (TAWS), Mode S transponder and automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) capability.

Aviation Communication & Surveillance Systems (ACSS), an L-3 Communications & Thales Company, is a leader in safety avionics systems that increase safety and situational awareness for aircraft operators and the flying public. ACSS products include the TCAS 2000 traffic alert and collision avoidance system; MASS?, an enhanced TCAS for military operations; a family of Mode S transponders; the T²CAS™, a combined traffic and terrain collision avoidance system; TAWS+, a stand-alone terrain awareness warning system; and Dlink+, a communications management unit, VDL Mode 2 digital radio, and control display unit in one package. More than 40,000 units of ACSS product are operating in commercial, corporate and military aircraft. To learn more about ACSS, please visit the company's web site at www.acss.com

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. 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.