L3Harris Technologies has unveiled a small form factor radio built to help military users communicate when they perform ground, airborne, maritime and dismounted soldier missions.

Bill Gattle, president of space systems at L3Harris Technologies, said the Space Development Agency’s procurement of communications and missile warning satellites in mass quantities reflects a “fundamental transformation” in how the Department of Defense buys space platforms, SpaceNews reported Tuesday.

L3Harris Technologies has won a one-year, $22.2M contract to continue research support for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s initiative aimed at developing next-generation modeling and simulation technologies.

The U.S. Army has received more than 1K optical devices L3Harris Technologies built to help military users detect threats and access imagery when performing missions during nighttime.

L3Harris Technologies has teamed up with Gibbs & Cox's maritime solutions business to design and engineer a medium unmanned surface vehicle for the U.S. Navy as part of a potential $281M contract L3Harris won last month.

L3Harris Technologies has been awarded a potential seven-year, $55M contract to help the U.S. Air Force build platforms for testing warfighter systems or technologies designed to address critical and urgent mission requirements.

Scott Bennett, former business development director at L3Harris Technologies, has been appointed to a similar position at Boca Raton, Fla.-based small satellite data provider PredaSAR. Roger Teague, PredaSAR CEO, announced Bennett's appointment in a recent LinkedIn post.

Two executives from Planet and L3Harris Technologies have cited electronic components and thermal management systems as key factors to the improvement of small-satellite technologies in the market, SpaceNews reported Thursday.

Sean Stackley, president of the integrated mission systems segment at L3Harris Technologies and a previous Wash100 awardee, said L3Harris has technological capabilities from its predecessor companies that could be combined and help the Navy carry out its concept for distributed maritime operations, USNI News reported Tuesday.

L3Harris Technologies will move to build a satellite for position, navigation and timing system demonstrations after the company passed a critical design review with the U.S. Air Force. The Melbourne, Fla.-based defense firm can now begin the production of Navigation Technology Satellite-3 the service branch intends to launch into geostationary orbit sometime in 2022.

L3Harris Technologies has won a potential seven-year, $83.1M contract to develop, integrate and demonstrate an anti-jam modem intended for wideband satellite communications. The Navy Wideband Anti-Jam Modem contract, which has an initial value of $47.6M, includes options for the company to manufacture the hardware and perform engineering support work, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

L3Harris Technologies has landed a potential five-year, $64.2M contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply encryption platforms that are designed to secure telemetry data and certified by the National Security Agency.

The New Hampshire Army National Guard procured and fielded L3Harris Technologies-built portable radios to support public safety communications in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Canadian Commercial Corp. has awarded L3Harris Technologies an eight-year, $380 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to procure WESCAM MX-Series systems in support of global U.S. Army surveillance and targeting operations, L3Harris announced Wednesday.

L3Harris Technologies has pledged a $2M investment to help the INROADS nonprofit organization to advance a program designed to prepare high school students from underserved communities for college and careers.