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- L3Harris Technologies, Inc. is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company that develops and manufactures advanced mission-critical solutions across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains for government, defense, and commercial customers. Formed in 2019 through the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation and headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company operates four principal segments: Communication Systems, which provides resilient tactical radios, satellite terminals, broadband networks, integrated night vision goggles, and public safety communications; Integrated Mission Systems, offering intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance systems, maritime platforms, electro-optical/infrared sensors, laser systems, and defense electronics; Space and Airborne Systems, delivering space payloads, missile defense sensors, airborne combat systems, electronic warfare countermeasures, and mission networks; and Aerojet Rocketdyne, supplying propulsion technologies, armament systems, and power solutions for missiles, hypersonics, and space missions. With approximately 50,000 employees serving over 100 countries, L3Harris maintains strong relationships with the U.S. Department of Defense, NASA, international allies, and prime contractors through a diversified mix of prime and subcontract work. Recent developments include breaking ground on Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities to expand solid rocket motor production capacity six-fold; signing a memorandum of understanding with EDGE Group in November 2025 to collaborate on defense technologies, artificial intelligence, and autonomy in the UAE; introducing launched effects vehicles in July 2025 for multi-domain operations with low-rate initial production underway; partnering with Joby Aviation in August 2025 to pursue defense applications for autonomous aircraft; and entering a memorandum with Israel in October 2025 for light attack aircraft acquisitions.