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Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

2006
Annual Report

Sales (in millions)

Diluted Earnings per Share

Operating Margin

$1,433

$1,207

$1,017

$   841
$   773

$2.26

$1.85

$1.24

$0.91
$0.77

8.7%
8.3%

6.6%
5.6%

16.7%

2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 

30.9%

2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 

2002  2003  2004  2005  2006 

2 0 0 6   F I N A N C I A L   H I G H L I G H T S

Selected Consolidated Financial Data
(In millions, except per-share data)

Summary Financial Information

Sales 

Net income 

2006 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2002 

$ 1,433.2 

$  1,206.5 

$  1,016.6 

$   840.7 

$   772.7 

$       80.3 

$       64.2 

$       41.7 

$     29.7 

$     25.4 

Diluted earnings per share  

$       2.26 

$       1.85 

$       1.24 

$     0.91 

$     0.77 

Weighted average diluted common 

shares outstanding 

35.5 

34.7 

33.7 

32.7 

32.9 

Summary Balance Sheet Data

Cash and cash equivalents 

$       13.0 

$         9.3 

$       11.4 

$     37.8 

$     19.0 

2006 

2005 

2004 

2003 

2002 

Working capital 

Total assets 

Long-term debt and 

$    216.4   

$     154.0 

   $     124.4 

   $   129.5 

$   102.6 

$ 1,061.4        $     728.2      $     624.8 

  $   433.6 

$   398.9       

capital lease obligations 

$    230.7       $       47.0      $       74.4 

    $        — 

$        —

Stockholders’ equity 

$    431.8 

$     326.0 

$     262.1 

$   221.0 

$   176.8

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the “Notes to 
Consolidated Financial Statements” in this 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional information regarding 
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated fi nancial data.

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Sales by Segment

OPERATIONS AT A GLANCE

2%

63%

20%

15%

Electronics and Communications
Systems Engineering Solutions
Aerospace Engines and Components
Energy Systems 

Defense Electronics

Overview

Selected Products / Services

24%

Through our defense electronics businesses, 
Teledyne provides a wide array of highly 
specialized components, subsystems and 
engineering resources to our government, as 
well as to other defense contractors 

(cid:129)  Integrated microwave assemblies 
(cid:129)  Infrared and visible light imaging sensors 
(cid:129)  High-voltage connector assemblies 
(cid:129)  Government funded applied research 
(cid:129)  Defense electronics manufacturing services 

Electronic Instrumentation

24%

Teledyne’s instruments detect trace contaminants 
in air and water, help locate and retrieve new 
energy reserves, are used in drug discovery and 
assist with industrial process control applications 

(cid:129)  Ambient air monitoring instruments 
(cid:129)  Acoustic Doppler water current profi lers 
(cid:129)  Hydrophones and streamer cables 
(cid:129)  Continuous emissions monitoring systems 
(cid:129)  Subsea wet-mateable connectors
(cid:129)  Flash chromatography systems 

Other Commercial Electronics

Our aircraft information management solutions are 
designed to increase the reliability and effi ciency 
of aircraft transportation.  In addition, alongside 
our defense electronics, we produce precision 
electronics for other markets, including implantable 
medical devices, commercial aviation and wireless 
communication 

15%

(cid:129)  Wireless aircraft data acquisition systems 
(cid:129)  Electromechanical relays and coaxial switches 
(cid:129)  Tranceivers for cellular infrastructure 
(cid:129)  Medical device electronics manufacturing 

Systems Engineering Solutions and Energy Systems

2%

20%

Our government engineering services are focused 
on protecting the United States, expanding national 
interests in space, and improving environmental 
safety.  We also provide long-life power systems 
for government applications, as well as high purity 
hydrogen gas generation systems 

(cid:129)  Missile defense systems engineering 
(cid:129)  Space hardware and engineering services
(cid:129)  Chemical weapons demilitarization services 
(cid:129)  Power systems for deep space probes
(cid:129)  Hydrogen gas generators 

Aerospace Engines and Components

In business for over 100 years, Teledyne 
Continental Motors currently provides piston 
engines for a number of today’s most popular 
general aviation aircraft, including models from 
Cirrus, Raytheon, Columbia and Liberty 

(cid:129)  Aircraft piston engines and spare parts
(cid:129)  Small turbine engines for military applications
(cid:129)  Gill brand general aviation batteries
(cid:129)  Digital electronic engine control systems 

15%

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
To Our Stockholders

Robert Mehrabian
Chairman, President and 
Chief Executive Offi cer

In 2006, Teledyne achieved a number of milestones:

•  Sales increased 18.8% to over $1.43 billion, from  

approximately $1.21 billion in 2005

•  Earnings per share increased 22.2% to $2.26 compared 

to $1.85 in 2005

•  Market value of Teledyne’s common stock increased 
  37.9% from year-end 2005 to year-end 2006

•  We closed fi ve acquisitions, including our largest to date

For the last fi ve years, we have been successfully executing a strategy 

to strengthen our core businesses, improve operational effi  ciency and 

grow both organically and by acquisition.  We have focused primarily 

on two of our core markets, defense electronics and instrumentation, 

both of which require specialized technology and have high barriers to 

entry.  Teledyne is now a much stronger competitor in each of those 

markets, with a much greater breadth and depth of products, and the 

ability to provide integrated solutions to our customers.

As a result of this focused strategy and our continuous emphasis on 

operational excellence, our sales have grown by about 85% from $773 

million in 2002 to over $1.43 billion in 2006, or at a compound 

annual growth rate of 16.7%. Over the same timeframe, our earnings 

per share have improved from $0.77 to $2.26, or at a compound 

annual growth rate of over 30.9%. Our operating margin has increased 

318 basis points since 2002 due to a combination of improved 

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operational performance and the acquisition of complementary higher-

margin product lines in our core markets.

In 2006, we continued our strong financial performance and made 

fi ve acquisitions, including our largest and most strategic to date, the 

Cumulative Total Stockholder Return
The graph set forth below shows the cumulative 
total stockholder return (i.e., price change plus 
reinvestment of dividends) on our common stock 
from our fiscal year end December 30, 2001 through 
our fiscal year end December 31, 2006, as 
compared to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Composite 
Index, the Russell 2000 Index and the Dow Jones 
World Aerospace & Defense Index.

The graph assumes that $100 was invested on 

December 28, 2001.

In accordance with the rules of the Securities 
and Exchange Commission, this presentation is not 
incorporated by reference into any of our registra-
tion statements under the Securities Act of 1933.

250

200

150

100

50

Rockwell Scientifi c Company. 

Th  is acquisition provides Teledyne 

a greatly expanded base of 

technology and highly-skilled 

scientists and engineers, enabling 

us to accelerate the pace of product 

development in our current 

markets and giving us the resources 

to become a signifi cant competitor 

in adjacent markets.

Gaining Scale

Our strategy for making Teledyne 

Technologies a stronger, more 

competitive corporation has 

evolved progressively.  Early on, 

we focused on manufacturing, 

updating our factories and 

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training our workforce in lean 

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12/31/06

Teledyne Technologies 

100 

91 

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177 

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242

Dow Jones World 
Aerospace & Defense 

Russell 2000 

S&P 500 Composite 

100 

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manufacturing techniques that 

both reduce defects and improve 

manufacturing cycle times.  By 

continually reducing the cost 

of rework, scrap and warranty 

expense, we have not only improved our operating margins, but have 

also enhanced our reputation as a high-quality supplier with the 

fl exibility to respond quickly to the changing needs of our customers.

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Eyes Wide Open

Teledyne’s high performance infrared and 
visible light imaging sensors have been 
selected for the most demanding appli-
cations including the new James Webb 
Space Telescope, and very high resolution 
military surveillance applications.
Illustration courtesy of Northrop Grumman Corporation

Monitoring 
the Environment

Teledyne RD Instruments 
provides highly sensitive ocean 
and inland waterway current 
measurement devices. Th  ese 
instruments are used for a 
number of applications, 
including monitoring the 
health of river deltas and 
assisting in tsunami detection.

Th  e next step in our strategy was to build a stronger position in our 

core markets by acquiring attractive businesses with products that were 

complementary to our existing lines. Since our fi rst acquisition of an 

environmental instrumentation business in 2001, we have acquired 14 

additional defense electronics and instrumentation businesses.

Our defense electronics revenues have grown from approximately 

$110 million in 2001, to a run-rate of approximately $400 million 

at year-end 2006. We have acquired seven defense electronics 

companies, bringing us an ever-broader range of specialized 

products. Such products include traveling wave tubes, solid-state 

microwave components and subsystems, very high-speed mixed signal 

semiconductors, electromechanical and solid-state relays, high voltage 

connectors and cables, and infrared and visible light focal plane arrays. 

With the new capabilities gained through our acquisitions, fi ve of 

which had expertise in specialized defense microwave technologies, we 

are now one of a very limited number of companies that are able to 

develop highly integrated microwave assemblies that combine multiple 

functions into a single unit. During 2006, we delivered prototypes 

of several new integrated assemblies, including a broadband data link 

for an unmanned aerial vehicle and frequency converters for four new 

customers for military satellite communications systems. Noting that 

Teledyne is a key supplier to the Air Force for aircraft such as the F-15, 

F-16, B-52 and C-130, the Air Force Materials Command awarded a 

Teledyne company a ten year contract worth up to $370 million for 

parts and assemblies. Teledyne is also a signifi cant supplier to many 

defense industry prime contractors. During 2006, one of our fi rst tier 

customers reduced its supplier base for outsourced manufacturing and 

chose all three relevant Teledyne business units as approved suppliers.

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Our instrumentation revenues have also grown signifi cantly, from $45 

million in 2001 to approximately $350 million in 2006. Starting with 

a base in industrial gas analysis, we acquired fi ve companies that added 

closely-related products, fi rst in environmental gas analysis, then in 

laboratory organic and inorganic pollution analysis, and subsequently 

in instrumentation for wastewater collection and fl ow measurement. 

In 2005, we embarked on a signifi cant expansion in the marine 

instrumentation market with the acquisition of RD Instruments, 

Inc., a company which applies acoustic Doppler technology to the 

measurement of the speed of ocean and river currents and the speed 

of surface and underwater vehicles.  Th  is product line was very 

complementary to Teledyne’s existing geophysical instrumentation 

business, which manufactures arrays of acoustic sensors, or 

hydrophones, used in off shore oil and gas exploration. Next, in January 

of 2006, we acquired Benthos, Inc., a manufacturer of hydrophones, 

underwater acoustic communication equipment, sonar systems and 

remotely operated vehicles.  

In August of 2006, we acquired a majority interest in Ocean Design, Inc. 

(ODI), a leading manufacturer of subsea interconnect systems. ODI’s 

largest market is off shore oil and gas production where its unique wet-

mateable electrical and fi ber-optic connectors and cables are installed at 

wellheads on the ocean bottom by remotely operated vehicles. 

During 2006, all of our marine instrumentation businesses experienced 

strong demand for products for off shore oil and gas exploration and 

production. New orders at Ocean Design continued at a record pace 

subsequent to the acquisition, resulting in signifi cant growth in year-end 

backlog. Th  e growth in off shore production also enhanced sales of our 

Acoustic Doppler Current Profi lers, which the Department of Interior 

mandates for safety on mobile off shore drilling units operating in the 

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Discovering Resources

During off shore oil and gas 
exploration, hydrophones from 
Teledyne Benthos and streamer 
cables from Teledyne Geophysical 
Instruments help fi nd new 
energy reserves.

ODI connectors deliver electrical 
power to subsea oil production 
systems, as well as transmit sensor 
data from the well to the rig.

Return to Space

Teledyne Brown Engineering captured 
NASA’s highest honor for excellence and 
quality in 2006 - Th  e George M. Low 
Award.   Presented by NASA annually, the 
Low Award is bestowed upon a contrac-
tor that has demonstrated excellence and 
outstanding technical and managerial 
achievements in quality and performance.
Illustration courtesy of NASA

Gulf of Mexico. To accommodate the strong demand for our fl uid-free 

hydrophone streamer arrays, we increased manufacturing capacity at 

our operations in Houston, Texas and Gloucester, England and added a 

repair facility in Singapore to support the Asian market.

Today, the combined revenue run-rate of our marine instrumentation 

businesses represents over 40% of our overall instrumentation sales. 

All four business units serve three of the primary segments of the 

undersea market: petroleum exploration, oceanography and defense. 

Th  is provides both strong brand recognition for Teledyne Marine 

Instruments businesses and the opportunity for joint product 

development. 

Greater Technical Strength and a New Base in Imaging

Th  e next step in the evolution of Teledyne’s capabilities is exemplifi ed 

by the acquisition in September of Rockwell Scientifi c Company LLC, 

now known as Teledyne Scientifi c & Imaging, LLC. For over four 

decades Rockwell Scientifi c Company was a premiere research and 

development organization, serving the critical future technology needs 

of the Department of Defense, NASA, and several major companies. 

It also has a long track record of transitioning cutting-edge technology 

into successful products and businesses. 

Teledyne Scientifi c & Imaging has a collection of innovative 

technology and intellectual property. Th  ese technologies are a valuable 

source for building new, high-margin products and enhancing the 

performance of existing Teledyne products. A few examples of many 

technologies that are closely related to Teledyne’s core businesses 

include millimeter-wave semiconductors and very high-speed signal 

processing devices that are expected to enhance our integrated 

microwave products, advanced materials with applications such as 

marine instrumentation and turbine engines, optical devices for 

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military fi ber optic communication systems and software algorithms 

for autonomous vehicle systems. 

Th  e acquisition of Rockwell Scientifi c Company also provides us an 

important foothold in high performance infrared and visible imaging 

for astronomy, space surveillance and battlefi eld applications. Th  e 

imaging sensors business has already made a successful transition 

from research to production, and like other Teledyne defense 

electronics business units, provides highly-engineered components and 

subsystems. We believe that Teledyne Imaging Sensors, with a state-of-

the-art manufacturing facility, will benefi t from Teledyne’s corporate-

wide focus on operational excellence as well as our extensive channels 

to defense industry prime contractors.  Th  e infrared and visible light 

sensors complement our existing analog, digital, microwave and 

optoelectronic products, allowing us to be the supplier of choice for 

very diversifi ed products to our key customers. 

Looking Ahead

Our strong fi nancial performance since 2002 is a credit to the 

performance and quality of our products and the hard work of our 

skilled employees. 

I believe that Teledyne Technologies will continue to grow and prosper 

by building on our strategy of focusing on technologically-demanding 

regulated niche markets, working relentlessly to reduce cost and cycle 

time in our operations and achieving critical mass in our core markets 

via complementary acquisitions.

While we have become a superior player in our niche markets, 

we are now more aggressively seeking ways to expand the size of 

our addressable markets, but without reaching beyond our core 

competencies or losing management focus. 

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System Engineering Strength

CollaborX became part of 
Teledyne Brown Engineering this 
year, adding new customers and 
allowing us to support systems 
from concept development to 
sustainment and support.
Photo courtesy of the Department of Defense

Flying High

For over 75 years, Teledyne Continental 
Motors has been a leader in reciprocating 
engines for general aviation.  Innovations 
like our PowerLinkTM electronic engine 
control and maintenance system continue 
to advance engine technology for modern 
general aviation aircraft, such as the twin 
turbocharged Adam A500.

As we continue to grow and to expand into adjacent markets, the 

perceptive advice and counsel provided by the broad spectrum of 

industry leaders who constitute our board of directors will be ever 

more valuable. Our board, which has been a critical factor in Teledyne’s 

success to date, was further strengthened in 2006 by the addition of 

Kenneth C. Dahlberg, chairman and CEO of Science Applications 

International Corporation (SAIC), Wesley W. von Schack, chairman, 

president and CEO of Energy East Corporation, and Roxanne S. 

Austin, former president and chief operating offi  cer of DIRECTV, who 

bring to us extensive experience in markets that are important to the 

future of Teledyne.

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Offi  cer,
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated

February 28, 2007

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Executive Management
Left to right

DALE A. SCHNITTJER*
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Financial Offi cer

IVARS R. BLUKIS
Chief Business Risk 
Assurance Offi cer

ALDO PICHELLI*
Senior Vice President and 
Chief Operating Offi cer, Electronics 
and Communications Segment

JASON VANWEES
Vice President, 
Corporate Development 
and Investor Relations

JOHN T. KUELBS*
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary

ROBERT MEHRABIAN*
Chairman, President and 
Chief Executive Offi cer

SUSAN L. MAIN*
Vice President and Controller

ROBERT W. STEENBERGE
Vice President, 
Chief Technology Offi cer

ROBERT L. SCHAEFER
Associate General Counsel,
Electronics and Communica-
tions General Counsel and 
Assistant Secretary

SHELLEY D. GREEN
Treasurer

MELANIE S. CIBIK
Vice President, Associate 
General Counsel and 
Assistant Secretary

ROBYN E. MCGOWAN
Vice President of Administra-
tion, Human Resources and 
Assistant Secretary

KEVIN J. RILEY
President, Teledyne 
Scientifi c & Imaging, LLC

* Section 16 Offi cer

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Segment Executives

Stockholder Information

BRYAN L. LEWIS
President,
Aerospace Engines and
Components Segment

JAMES M. LINK
President,
Systems Engineering 
Solutions Segment

ALDO PICHELLI
Senior Vice President 
and Chief Operating Offi cer, 
Electronics and 
Communications Segment

RHETT C. ROSS
President, 
Energy Systems Segment

CORPORATE OFFICES
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated
1049 Camino Dos Rios
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
Telephone: (805) 373-4545
Fax: (805) 373-4775
www.teledyne.com

TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Mellon Investor Services LLC
P.O. Box 3315
South Hackensack, NJ 07606
(800) 356-2017

STOCKHOLDER PUBLICATIONS - FORM 10-K
Annual reports (including Form 10-K) and 
proxy statements are mailed to all 
stockholders of record. Copies of our SEC 
periodic reports, corporate governance 
guidelines, code of ethics and committee 
charters are also available on our web site 
at www.teledyne.com. For additional 
information, contact Corporate 
Communications or Investor Relations.

STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING
The common stock of Teledyne Technologies 
Incorporated is traded on the New York Stock 
Exchange (symbol TDY).

ANNUAL MEETING
The annual meeting of stockholders 
will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 
at 9:00 a.m., at Teledyne Technologies 
Incorporated, 1049 Camino Dos Rios, 
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360.

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
Ernst & Young LLP
Los Angeles, California

CURRENT NEWS AND GENERAL INFORMATION 
Information about Teledyne is 
available at www.teledyne.com.

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Directors

ROXANNE S. AUSTIN (1)(2) 
Former President and
Chief Operating Offi cer
DIRECTV, Inc.

ROBERT P. BOZZONE (1)(3) 
Former Chairman, 
Allegheny Technologies 
Incorporated

FRANK V. CAHOUET (1)(2)
Retired Chairman and Chief 
Executive Offi cer, Mellon 
Financial Corporation

CHARLES CROCKER (2)(3)
Chairman, Crocker 
Capital and Retired 
Chairman and CEO, 
BEI Technologies, Inc.

MICHAEL T. SMITH (2)(3)
Retired Chairman and Chief 
Executive Offi cer, Hughes 
Electronics Corporation

WESLEY W. VON SCHACK (2)(3) 
Chairman, President and
Chief Executive Offi cer
Energy East Corporation

(1)  Audit Committee
(2)  Nominating and Governance Committee
(3)  Personnel and Compensation Committee

KENNETH C. DAHLBERG (1)(3)
Chairman of the Board 
and CEO of Science 
Applications International 
Corporation (SAIC)

SIMON M. LORNE (1)(2) 
Vice Chairman and Chief 
Legal Offi cer
Millennium Partners, L.P. 

ROBERT MEHRABIAN 
Chairman, President and 
Chief Executive Offi cer, 
Teledyne Technologies 
Incorporated

PAUL D. MILLER (1)(2)
Retired Chairman, Alliant 
Techsystems, Inc.

Forward-Looking Statements Cautionary Notice

Th  is annual report contains forward-
looking statements as defi ned in 
the Private Securities Litigation 
Reform Act of 1995, relating to 
earnings, growth opportunities, 
capital expenditures, pension matters, 
stock option expense and strategic 
plans.  Actual results could diff er 
materially from these forward-looking 
statements.  Many factors, including 
changes in demand for products 
sold to the defense electronics, 
instrumentation, energy exploration 
and production, commercial aviation, 
semiconductor, and communications 
markets, funding, continuation and 
award of government programs, 
continued liquidity of our customers 
(including commercial aviation 
customers) and economic and 
political conditions, could change the 
anticipated results.  In addition, stock 
market fl uctuations aff ect the value of 
the Company’s pension assets.  

Global responses to terrorism 

and other perceived threats increase 

uncertainties associated with 
forward-looking statements about 
our businesses. Various responses 
could realign government programs, 
and aff ect the composition, funding 
or timing of our programs. Flight 
restrictions would negatively impact 
the market for general aviation aircraft 
piston engines and components.  
Recent changes in the leadership of the 
U.S. Congress could result over time 
in reductions in defense spending and 
further changes in programs in which 
the Company participates.
  Th  e Company continues to 
take action to assure compliance 
with the internal controls, disclosure 
controls and other requirements of the 
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  While 
the Company believes its control 
systems are eff ective, there are inherent 
limitations in all control systems, and 
misstatements due to error or fraud 
may occur and not be detected.
  While Teledyne’s growth strategy 
includes possible acquisitions, the 

Company cannot provide any 
assurance as to when, if, or on what 
terms, any acquisitions will be made.  
Acquisitions, involve various inherent 
risks, such as, among others, our 
ability to integrate acquired businesses 
and to achieve identifi ed fi nancial and 
operating synergies.  

Additional information 
concerning factors that could cause 
actual results to diff er materially from 
those projected in the forward-looking 
statements is contained in Teledyne’s 
periodic fi lings with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, including 
its 2006 Annual Report on Form 
10-K. Forward looking statements are 
generally accompanied by such words 
as “estimates”, “project”, “predict”, 
“believes” or “expect”, that convey 
the uncertainty of future events or 
outcomes. Th  e Company assumes 
no obligation to publicly update or 
revise any forward-looking statements, 
whether as a result of new information 
or otherwise.

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