EX-12 11 file008.htm RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES Table of Contents

Exhibit 12

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.
and L-3 Communications Corporation
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges


  Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2006
  (dollars in millions)
Earnings:      
Income before income taxes $ 220.1  
Add:      
Interest expense   69.4  
Amortization of debt expense   2.5  
Interest component of rent expense   12.3  
Earnings $ 304.3  
Fixed charges:      
Interest expense   69.4  
Amortization of debt expense   2.5  
Interest component of rent expense   12.3  
Fixed charges $ 84.2  
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges   3.6