EX-12 2 file2.htm RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

Exhibit 12

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


  Nine Months
Ended
September 30, 2006
  (dollars in millions)
Earnings:  
Income before income taxes $ 554.5
Add:  
Interest expense 214.0
Amortization of debt expense 7.6
Interest component of rent expense 39.4
Earnings $ 815.5
Fixed charges:  
Interest expense 214.0
Amortization of debt expense 7.6
Interest component of rent expense 39.4
Fixed charges $ 261.0
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 3.1