Airborne Systems is a manufacturer of high-performance parachutes and related products for military, space, and recovery organizations. With nearly a century of experience, the company engineers and manufactures products such as planetary space Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL) Systems, booster recovery systems, and payload recovery systems. Airborne Systems was formerly Irvin Aerospace and brings together four of the world's leading parachute companies.
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L3Harris Technologies reports satellite and airborne electronics through its Space and Airborne Systems segment.
Airborne Systems has supplied or supported parachute and recovery systems for Boeing Starliner, NASA’s Orion, SpaceX Dragon, and Blue Origin’s New Shepard capsules.
Airborne Systems provided the parachute system used for the drop test.
Space and Airborne Systems revenue increased 1% year-over-year to $6.9 billion in 2025.
L3Harris attributed a 50 basis-point improvement in Space and Airborne Systems operating margin to stabilizing program performance and a cost savings program, bringing the margin to 12.3% in 2025.
The Space and Airborne Systems segment's operating income increased to 12.1% due to improved performance on classified development programs.
L3Harris attributed the revenue increase in Space and Airborne Systems to higher FAA volume in the Mission Networks business and increased volume in the Airborne Combat Systems business.
Space and Airborne Systems revenue increased 7% year-over-year to $1.8 billion.
Ed Zoiss, the president of space and airborne systems at L3Harris, stated that the Space Force’s operational acceptance of ATLAS aligns with the priorities to ensure space superiority.
Ed Zoiss is the President of Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris.
GMTI is envisioned to replace legacy airborne systems like the E-8C JSTARS aircraft.
The L3Harris businesses to be divested are part of the Space & Airborne Systems segment.
Thermal VAC microwave test cables are specifically designed for testing space and airborne systems and components.
UAS Drone Corp. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Duke Airborne Systems Ltd. (Duke Robotics), signed an agreement with the Israel Electric Corporation Ltd. (IEC).
Airborne Systems, a U.S. company that produced the parachute for NASA’s Perseverance rover, manufactured the 15-meter parachute tested in late June.
L3Harris stood up the Space and Airborne Systems division in Melbourne, Florida, which accounts for $5,000,000,000 of L3Harris’ $18,000,000,000 in annual sales.
SpaceX developed the 2019-03-03 parachute design in cooperation with Airborne Systems.
Airborne Systems is developing an advanced 2019-03-03 parachute to be used on Crew Dragon.