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.
Identity changes, mergers, acquisitions, splits, and transferred business lines.
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Scope: Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion and energetics business
L3Harris completed its acquisition of Aerojet Rocketdyne on 28 July 2023 and formed a fourth business segment.
L3Harris formed from the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation.
Harris Corporation sold its government IT services business (~$1B revenue) to private-equity firm Veritas Capital for $690 million in April 2017; the business was subsequently renamed Peraton.