From Deseret News archives:
Utah's division of L-3 called success story
"It" is Communication Systems-West, a 2,300-employee operation that on Wednesday marked its 50th year of existence with a celebratory luncheon at the Grand America hotel.
"I believe . . . you may be one of the best-kept secrets we have in Utah," Herbert said. "You pay well, you have technology that is significant, I know you are a leading recruiter out of the University of Utah for engineers, and yet probably a lot of the masses out there are not as familiar with L-3 Communications as they probably ought to be."
One reason is the type of work that is CSW's specialty, much of which is classified. The division of L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. supplies data links and mobile satellite terminals for the military, helping U.S. fighting forces with intelligence collection, surveillance, reconnaissance and image processing.
"L-3 Communication Systems-West is a true Utah business success story," Hatch, R-Utah, told the crowd of about 200. "Your company and employees have been an integral part of Utah for a half-century, and no one can dispute the strategic advantage that your company has provided to our nation's men and women in uniform.
"Much of the work that Communication Systems-West performs is of a highly classified nature. However, I can say that the real-time, worldwide dissemination of images and information gathered by the U-2 and our new unmanned aerial vehicles, such as Global Hawk and the Predator, is only possible because of the hard work by all of you at Communication Systems-West."
Hatch said the public "can't understand" or "won't know" about CSW's work.
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