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’s Space Propulsion and Power business includes the RL10 engine.
L3Harris’s missile defense demonstrator was a multi-mission satellite.
L3Harris retained roughly 40 percent of its Space Propulsion and Power business as a strategic partner after the carve-out deal with AE Industrial Partners.
AE Industrial Partners signed a deal on January 5 to acquire a 60 percent controlling stake in L3Harris’s Space Propulsion and Power business for $845 million in total enterprise value.
L3Harris built an on-orbit demonstrator for missile defense capabilities that also tracked Hurricane Helene.
Paul Wloszek is vice president and general manager of Spectrum Solutions at L3Harris Technologies.
AE Industrial Partners entered L3Harris’s Space Propulsion and Power business through an $845 million private-equity carve-out in January 2026.
AE Industrial Partners plans to restore the Rocketdyne name for L3Harris’s Space Propulsion and Power business.
The Tranche 3 Tracking Layer program is covered by a contract awarded to L3Harris Technologies for the supply of 18 satellites.
The 18 satellites in the L3Harris Technologies contract are intended to contribute to next-generation space detection and tracking capabilities for advanced threats, including hypersonic and ballistic systems.
L3Harris Technologies is the primary contractor for the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System.
A $90 million contract awarded to L3Harris in March 2025 covers follow-on astrometric tools for the Space Force.
L3Harris Technologies refurbished the U.S. Space Force’s Space Surveillance Telescope in Western Australia with Australian partners.
L3Harris and Anduril are positioning themselves as end-to-end integrators in vertically integrated ISR ecosystems.
L3Harris sold a 60% majority stake in its Space Propulsion and Power business to AE Industrial Partners for $845 million in January 2026.
L3Harris is hot-fire testing new RS-25 units at NASA’s Stennis Space Center.
L3Harris Technologies expects the XL-300P to serve as the primary ground interface for integrated joint all-domain command and control operations as Golden Dome missile defense and proliferated LEO architectures come online through 2027.
L3Harris Technologies consolidated its tactical radio and electronic warfare capabilities into the Communications & Spectrum Dominance unit in January 2026.
L3Harris Technologies will begin taking orders for the XL-300P immediately.
L3Harris is preparing mission-critical avionics and RS-25 engines for the Artemis II crewed mission.