EX-12 9 file9.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, 2007
  ($ in millions)
Earnings:  
Income before income taxes $ 845.0
Add:
Interest expense 213.0
Amortization of debt expense 7.9
Interest component of rent expense 41.3
Earnings $ 1,107.2
Fixed charges:
Interest expense 213.0
Amortization of debt expense 7.9
Interest component of rent expense 41.3
Fixed charges $ 262.2
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges 4.2 x