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' ABMS network architecture is designed to provide resilient pathways for multi-domain sensors, including the Space Development Agency’s Transport and Tracking layers.
In December 2025, L3Harris Technologies delivered the first production unit of the Meadowlands counter-space system.
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.
AE Industrial Partners is acquiring Rocketdyne’s upper-stage propulsion assets from L3Harris Technologies in an $845 million majority carve-out.
AE Industrial Partners will hold a 60 percent controlling stake in the Rocketdyne carve-out, and L3Harris Technologies will retain approximately 40 percent.
L3Harris Technologies’ RS-25 engine business for NASA’s Space Launch System is excluded from the Rocketdyne transaction.
L3Harris is supporting the Enterprise Space Terminal program on the modem subsystem.
Intuitive Machines was selected by L3Harris to support the Space Development Agency’s Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture Tranche 3 Tracking Layer.
L3Harris is modernizing and expanding solid rocket motor production at its sites in Camden, Arkansas, and Huntsville, Alabama.
The L3Harris expansion project in Orange County is expected to create more than 350 jobs over the next five years.
L3Harris’ Virginia site serves as the company’s Center of Excellence for Propellant Research and Small to Medium-sized Solid Rocket Motor Production.
The Virginia Advanced Propulsion Facilities will support L3Harris operations including mixing, grinding, casting, and final assembly.
L3Harris plans to construct new facilities at the Orange County site to support solid rocket motor production operations across multiple Department of War programs.
L3Harris’ Virginia site has 256,000 square feet of manufacturing space.