An L3Harris Technology subsidiary has received a $74.4 million contract to provide software and hardware components for the U.S. Army’s reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition and force protection drone. The cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price award calls for L3Harris to perform production, depot maintenance and sustainment work supporting the RQ-7Bv2 Shadow unmanned aerial system until Jan. 31, 2027, the […] More

L3Harris Technologies will continue to upgrade a system used to track space launches, debris and other space objects to help counter anti-satellite threats under a potential $50 million contract extension with the U.S. Space Force. The company said Thursday it will integrate government equipment and manage the deployment of applications for the Advanced Tracking and […] More

Jay Malave, a former L3Harris Technologies executive who is an aerospace and defense industry veteran, has been named chief financial officer at Lockheed Martin. Malave’s career spans three decades and multiple senior-level financial roles in public and private sector organizations. Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed and a 2022 Wash100 Award winner, said Tuesday the new […] More

Former Johnson & Johnson executive Michelle Turner has been named senior vice president and chief financial officer at L3Harris Technologies. In her new role, Turner is charged with overseeing financial planning and analysis, internal audit and accounting and controls at L3Harris, the defense contractor and information technology services provider said Monday. Turner will also take the helm of […] More

L3Harris Technologies has achieved a milestone on a program led by the Missile Defense Agency and proceeded to the construction of a new demonstration satellite meant to track hypersonic and ballistic missiles. The company said Monday it completed the critical design review of MDA’s Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor and kicked off the succeeding […] More

L3Harris Technologies has won an other transaction agreement to develop a weapon data link prototype for the U.S. Air Force’s Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile. The Department of Defense said Thursday the contractor will perform work at its facilities in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is expected to complete the prototyping effort by July […] More

L3Harris Technologies has secured a $45.8 million sole-source contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to equip MH-47 and MH-60 helicopters with high-frequency manpack radio technology. SOCOM is obligating $6.3 million at the time of award for the company to perform aircraft interface backplane production and software modification work, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. Under […] More

L3Harris Technologies has received the approval of the Space Development Agency for its final design of the Tracking Layer Tranche 0 missile-tracking satellite. The company said Thursday it can now proceed with the development, integration test and acceptance phase of its $193 million Tranche 0 work for the agency ahead of a planned satellite launch […] More

Communications & Power Industries, a Palo Alto, California-based electronic component manufacturer, has completed its acquisition of L3Harris Technologies’ ESSCO business. As part of the acquisition, ESSCO, a manufacturer of metal space frame ground radomes for government and defense customers, will join the existing radome business, CPI Radant Technologies Division, the company said Monday. Andy Ivers, president and […] More

L3Harris Technologies will add a new production line in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to meet increasing military needs for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft. The company said Friday it will ramp up its production capacity to deliver the AT-802U Sky Warden aircraft under an anticipated contract award from the U.S. Special Operations Command’s Armed Overwatch Program. A […] More

Canada has ordered over 1,000 units of a compact radio and corresponding kits from L3Harris Technologies to augment battlefield communications. L3Harris said Monday its RF-9820S Compact Team Radio is a ruggedized device made to establish communications between troops at the edge and commanders. The order makes Canada the first international customer to purchase the radio […] More

A team of L3Harris Technologies and Near Earth Autonomy has showcased to the U.S. Army an autonomous drone designed to deliver blood and other medical supplies to field medics stationed hundreds of miles from bases. L3Harris said Tuesday its FVR-90 vertical take-off and landing aircraft was equipped with Near Earth’s autonomous flight systems and has […] More