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Tony Smeraglinolo, chairman and CEO of Sincerus Global Solutions, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding his return to the federal market, the decision to launch his new Sincerus, the company’s goals, potential growth and possible future. “We know that our success will be defined by superior customer service and satisfaction, meeting our commitments and creating impact during mission execution, he said.”

The all-stock merger between L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. has been completed to form L3Harris Technologies (LHX), the new company announced on Monday. L3Harris is officially the sixth largest defense company in the United States worth approximately $17 billion in revenue with over 50,000 employees. The company also announced the details regarding its own leadership, the board of directors and organizational structure. 

Peraton has received a three-year, $54M contract to assist Harris in modernizing the ground computing infrastructure for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite–R series.

Mark Kula, a former vice president at Raytheon's space and airborne systems business, has joined drone airspace security technology company WhiteFox as president.

Lockheed Martin awarded Harris a $243M contract to produce digital navigation payload for the U.S. Air Force's first two GPS III follow-on satellites.

Chief executive officers at Science Applications International Corp. and Harris expect the U.S. government to increase its budget for space-related programs once the Department of Defense completes establishment of a Space Force, Defense One reported Tuesday.

Harris Corp. will serve as the prime contractor on a U.S. Air Force project to an experimental positioning, navigation and timing spacecraft, GPS World reported Monday.

Darrel Hackler, senior director of global business development for night vision at  Harris, has said the company will unveil its version of a modernized night vision binocular sought by the U.S. Army, National Defense Magazine reported Wednesday.

Harris has been named the prime systems integrator for a project to update a military communications network of an undisclosed Asian country. The company said Wednesday it will replace the country’s disparate systems with military and commercial products that will compose an integrated platform compatible with Falcon III tactical radios. Falcon III …

Harris has unveiled a communications security feature for the company’s Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio system. The Suite B encryption tool is designed to help military users of Falcon III switch between independent and U.S. or NATO networks, Harris said Tuesday. The company developed the technology to also integrate with additional waveforms designed for individual …

Lockheed Martin has awarded a supplier award to Harris Corp. in recognition of the latter’s efforts to deliver pneumatic suspension and release systems for F-35 and F-22 fighter aircraft. “This award recognizes suppliers holding a 98 percent on-time delivery rating with a 98 percent quality rating,” Janet Duffey, vice president of aeronautics …

Lockheed Martin will begin the environmental testing phase for the U.S. Air Force’s second GPS III satellite by summer of 2017 after it completed assembly and integration work on the satellite in May. “This testing simulates harsh launch and space environments the satellite will endure, and further reduces any risk …

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has selected 33 projects to research and develop broadband communications tools designed for public safety operations through multiyear grants worth $38.5 million combined. NIST selected the projects after the evaluation of 162 proposals from industry, academia and other organizations both in the U.S. and …

Harris has received a potential one-year, $18.9 million contract modification to provide system sustainment services for the U.S. Air Force’s distributed space command-and-control platform in Dahlgren, Virginia. The modification covers engineering, sustainment services for field service teams, software development and technical orders-related support as well as requirements development analysis and modeling, …

Harris and Ligado Networks have agreed to collaborate in efforts to develop, test and deploy beyond-visual-line-of-sight technologies for unmanned aircraft systems. Both companies aim to showcase joint technologies and expertise to support the integration of commercial drones into U.S. airspace, Ligado said Thursday. The North Dakota Centers of Excellence Commission awarded Harris a two-year grant …