SYColeman

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http://www.sycoleman.com/about.htm

SYColeman is a wholly-owned subsidiary of L3-Communications. In 2002, L3-Communications acquired the assets of SY Technology, Inc. and formed SY Technology, a division of L-3 Communications. Through the integration of this division and Coleman Research Corporation, SYColeman was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications in 2003. SY Technology, Inc. had been in operation since 1986 under the guidance and direction of, Dr. John Shih, while Coleman Research Corporation (CRC) was established in 1980 and had developed into a leading provider of critical space and missile defense products and services.

SYColeman provides high quality, key support services to a myriad of customers in both the Department of Defense and Commercial Sectors.

Jay Garner is president of SYColeman.

US arms trader to run Iraq

Garner is president of Virginia-based SY Coleman, a subsidiary of defence electronics group L-3 Communications, which provides technical services and advice on the Patriot missile system being used in Iraq. Patriot was made famous in the 1991 Gulf war when it was used to protect Israeli and Saudi targets from attack by Saddam Hussein's Scud missiles. Garner was involved in the system's deployment in Israel.

SY Coleman has also worked on the Arrow missile defence system, deployed in Israel, and is involved in the US national missile defence programme. Garner joined SY Technologies, taken over last year by L-3, in 1997, after leaving the US army.

Defence analyst David Armstrong of the Washington-based National Security News Service says: 'It seems inappropriate for somebody to step into a humanitarian and administrative role from a company with a role in providing equipment which, albeit defensive, is vital to the success of the US operation.'

Phil Bloomer of Oxfam said 'The worst case scenario would be to put in charge of the reconstruction someone from the US or UK linked to the arms or oil industries.'

According to its website, SY Coleman provides technical services such as missile system engineering and target system design for a wide range of US military programmes, and also makes some components. It also provides operational services such as battle management and 'warfighter support'.

The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that it was a Patriot missile that was involved when a British Tornado was hit last week.

http://www.observer.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4636429,00.html

SY Coleman

It is a key company connected to the US Patriot missile system. The fact that the company is headed by Lt Gen Jay Garner, the so-called Sheriff of Baghdad, has caused consternation among both aid agencies and the UN.

http://www.stoptheiraqwar.org/print.php?sid=28

also see: L3-Communications