EX-12 10 file10.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


  Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2006
  (dollars in millions)
Earnings:  
Income before income taxes $ 295.1
Add:  
Interest expense 139.7
Amortization of debt expense 5.1
Interest component of rent expense 25.6
Earnings $ 465.5
Fixed charges:  
Interest expense 139.7
Amortization of debt expense 5.1
Interest component of rent expense 25.6
Fixed charges $ 170.4
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 2.7