L3Harris Technologies

By Steve Trimble
A decade’s worth of investment to counter the latest Russian and Chinese threats is finally close to entering operational service across the U.S. fighter fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
Sierra Nevada has conducted the first flight of its Rapcon-X aircraft, a Bombardier Global 6500 SNC is developing for an Army ISR prototyping program.
Emerging Technologies

By Steve Trimble
In combination, the ACT and ORIENT programs are addressing underlying challenges with operating thousands of autonomous systems across all domains.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield system passed a safety of flight check, clearing the system for flight tests to begin “soon” and deliveries to start in late 2025.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Robert Wall
L3Harris is hoping to add Morocco to the list of countries operating its advanced, business-jet-based airborne ISR aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Overall, sales rose 5% year-on-year to $8 billion, earnings per share climbed to $2.34 and the company’s backlog reached a record $34 billion.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Garrett Reim
The two companies will develop advanced technologies together and work to accelerate L3Harris’s “digital transformation,” L3Harris said on Oct. 23.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble, Brian Everstine
As a technicality threatens to disrupt the program, Army officials laid out long-term plans for fielding and upgrading the future HADES fleet.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine
SNC bested a team of L3Harris, Leidos and MAG Aerospace for the award.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
The service said it expected a protest and will await the GAO’s decision.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Vivienne Machi
The company recently used the antenna system to support the checkout phase of satellites it built for the Space Development Agency (SDA).
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The Denver-based aerospace company is on contract for more than 130 satellites to build out the SDA’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA).
Satellites

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Special Operations Command now intends to buy a fleet of 62 of the L3Harris and Air Tractor aircraft.
AFA Air Space and Cyber Conference

By Matthew Fulco
Management asserts that the $4.7 billion deal will lead to growth in new markets while investors are keen to see a payoff.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The U.S. Space Force plans to incorporate optical crosslinks into its next wave of missile warning satellites for use in medium Earth orbit.
Satellites

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Naval Air Systems Command announced the award Sept. 10.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Vivienne Machi
The Space Development Agency is about to put the first operational satellites in its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture on orbit.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
Space-to-space and space-to-air tests are planned to prove optical communications capability.
Satellites

By Vivienne Machi
The resilient missile warning/missile tracking (MW/MT) in the MEO Epoch 2 constellation could include up to 18 satellites.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Vivienne Machi
The CODA system automatically translates and standardizes commercially derived data points to support space domain awareness missions.
Space

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Space

By Irene Klotz
L3 Harris has signed a contract for up to 20 launches aboard Firefly Aerospace’s Alpha rocket.
Commercial Space

By Matthew Fulco
Aerojet contributed $581 million in revenue (a 7% sequential increase) for L3Harris in the second quarter.
Supply Chain

By Irene Klotz
The mission, designated Artemis IV, is to be the first aboard the more powerful SLS Block 1 rocket.
Space