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


  Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2007
  ($ in millions,
except ratio of
earnings to fixed
charges)
Earnings:  
Income before income taxes $ 542.2
Add:  
Interest expense 141.4
Amortization of debt expense 5.2
Interest component of rent expense 27.0
Earnings $ 715.8
Fixed charges:  
Interest expense 141.4
Amortization of debt expense 5.2
Interest component of rent expense 27.0
Fixed charges $ 173.6
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 4.1 x