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EXHIBIT 21
IFR SYSTEMS, INC.
Subsidiaries
NAME STATE OR JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION
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SUBSIDIARIES OF IFR SYSTEMS, INC.
IFR Americas, Inc. Delaware
IFR Finance, Inc. Kansas
IFR International, Inc. Barbados
IFR Systems Ltd. United Kingdom
IFR Finance Limited Partnership United Kingdom
SUBSIDIARIES OF IFR SYSTEMS LTD.
IFR Ltd. United Kingdom
IFR International Ltd. United Kingdom
IFR International SA France
IFR Technologies SA Spain
IFR Gmbh Germany
IFR Systems, Inc. owns 100% of the capital stock of each of its
subsidiaries, except for IFR Finance Limited Partnership in which IFR Finance,
Inc. owns an interest. IFR Systems Ltd. owns 100% of the capital stock of each
of its subsidiaries.
All subsidiaries do business under their own names.
