EX-12 8 file8.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


  Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2007
  ($ in millions,
except ratio of
earnings to fixed
charges)
Earnings:  
Income before income taxes $ 255.5
Add:  
Interest expense 70.5
Amortization of debt expense 2.5
Interest component of rent expense 13.4
Earnings $ 341.9
Fixed charges:  
Interest expense 70.5
Amortization of debt expense 2.5
Interest component of rent expense 13.4
Fixed charges $ 86.4
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 4.0 x