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Exhibit 10.55 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES Supplemental Indenture (this "Supplemental Indenture"), dated as of January 14, 2005, among L-3 Communications Corporation (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), each a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company signatory hereto (each, a "Guaranteeing Subsidiary", and collectively, the "Guaranteeing Subsidiaries"), and The Bank of New York, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the "Trustee"). W I T N E S S E T H WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the "Indenture"), dated as of May 21, 2003 providing for the issuance of an unlimited amount of 6 1/8% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 (the "Notes"); WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company's Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the "Subsidiary Guarantee"); and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 1. CAPITALIZED TERMS. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 2. AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows: (a) Such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, jointly and severally with all other current and future guarantors of the Notes (collectively, the "Guarantors" and each, a "Guarantor"), unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, regardless of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company under the Indenture or the Notes, that: (i) the principal of, premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, 1 premium, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee thereunder or under the Indenture will be promptly paid in full, all in accordance with the terms thereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time for payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that this Subsidiary Guarantee would constitute or result in a violation of any applicable fraudulent conveyance or similar law of any relevant jurisdiction, the liability of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under this Supplemental Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be reduced to the maximum amount permissible under such fraudulent conveyance or similar law. 3. EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES. (a) To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture shall be endorsed by an officer of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee after the date hereof. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Subsidiary Guarantee. (c) If an Officer whose signature is on this Supplemental Indenture or on the Subsidiary Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which a Subsidiary Guarantee is endorsed, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless. (d) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof under the Indenture, shall constitute due delivery of the Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in this Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guaranteeing Subsidiary. (e) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees that its Obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, regardless of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent 2 by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. (f) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that its Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Notes and the Indenture. (g) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guaranteeing Subsidiary, or any custodian, Trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, any amount paid by either to the Trustee or such Holder, the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. (h) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary further agrees that, as between such Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand: (i) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby; and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. (i) Each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have the right to seek contribution from any other non-paying Guaranteeing Subsidiary so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of 3 the Holders or the Trustee under the Subsidiary Guarantee made pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. 4. GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY MAY CONSOLIDATE, ETC. ON CERTAIN TERMS. (a) Except as set forth in Articles 4 and 5 of the Indenture, nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into the Company or any other Guarantor or shall prevent any transfer, sale or conveyance of the property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to the Company or any other Guarantor. (b) Except as set forth in Article 4 and 5 of the Indenture, nothing contained in the Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary with or into a corporation or corporations other than the Company or any other Guarantor (in each case, whether or not affiliated with the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or successive consolidations or mergers in which a Guaranteeing Subsidiary or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of any Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, to






