L3Harris Technologies is an American technology company, defense contractor, and information technology services provider serving government, defense, and commercial sectors. Within the space industry, L3Harris specializes in providing end-to-end satellite solutions, including spacecraft, payloads, and ground software, and is a key player in space domain awareness. They develop and manufacture space-qualified components like traveling wave tubes, reflectors, and optical systems, and they also contribute to missions like the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and Artemis II. L3Harris partners with organizations like NASA, the U.S. Space Force, and the Missile Defense Agency.
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L3Harris Technologies reports satellite and airborne electronics through its Space and Airborne Systems segment.
L3Harris Technologies formed in 2019 through the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation.
L3Harris Technologies acquired Aerojet Rocketdyne in 2023.
Aerojet Rocketdyne, now part of L3Harris Technologies, supplies propulsion components to Boeing’s Starliner program.
Aerojet Rocketdyne became part of L3Harris Technologies in the 2023 acquisition.
L3Harris Technologies finalized the design of the Next-Generation Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator for future NASA deep space missions.
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and L3Harris jointly tested a prototype cryocoupler for transferring super-cold propellants between spacecraft in Earth orbit.
The Space Development Agency’s Tranches 0, 1, and 2 awarded work to York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Rocket Lab, L3Harris, and Sierra Space.
L3Harris Technologies issued a new purchase order to Wojskowe Zaklady Elektroniczne, a Polish government defense company.
L3Harris is diversifying its supplier base to increase production capacity for missile defense systems.
Lockheed Martin, Rocket Lab, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris received Tranche 3 Tracking Layer awards from the Space Development Agency in December 2025.
AE Industrial Partners is acquiring 60 percent of Rocketdyne’s upper-stage propulsion assets from L3Harris Technologies in an $845 million carve-out.
L3Harris Technologies' ABMS network architecture is designed to provide resilient pathways for multi-domain sensors, including the Space Development Agency’s Transport and Tracking layers.
L3Harris Technologies is designing the ABMS digital backbone to process and distribute disparate sensor data, including inputs from space-based surveillance and terrestrial reconnaissance, to military operators.
In April 2026, L3Harris Technologies secured a $150 million contract for the MOSSAIC program.
On May 7, 2026, the U.S. Air Force selected L3Harris Technologies to develop key features of the secure digital infrastructure for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS).
L3Harris Technologies' ABMS work is intended to help the Air Force share data gathered by disparate space systems across its broader battlefield management network.
Work on the ABMS digital infrastructure is expected to proceed immediately at L3Harris facilities in Melbourne, Florida, and other strategic mission centers.
L3Harris Technologies is also contributing to the Tactical Operations Center-Light program, which provides mobile, survivable command-and-control nodes for dispersed operations.
L3Harris Technologies in Rochester, New York is one of Roman’s principal industrial partners.