Madison, Mississippi-based L-3 Communications
Vertex Aerospace (L-3 Vertex) provides aviation and aerospace
technical services, primarily for U.S. Government customers.
The company has more than 11,000 employees at 300 locations
worldwide (36 states and 33 countries) supporting 3,500 military
and government aircraft and systems (89 distinct aircraft types.)
L-3 Vertex began as Beech Aerospace Services, Inc. (BASI) in
1977, with name changes to Raytheon Aerospace in 1995, Vertex
Aerospace in 2001 and finally to L-3 Vertex Aerospace in December,
2003. The company is a subsidiary of L-3 Communications (NYSE:
LLL) and is part of the L-3 Integrated Systems group.