L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries operates as the trusted disruptor in the defense industry.
The company delivers end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of global security. The company supports government customers in more than 100 countries, with its largest customers being various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, their prime contractors and international allies. The company’s products and services h...
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. and its subsidiaries operates as the trusted disruptor in the defense industry.
The company delivers end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of global security. The company supports government customers in more than 100 countries, with its largest customers being various departments and agencies of the U.S. Government, their prime contractors and international allies. The company’s products and services have defense and civil government applications, as well as commercial applications. The company structures its operations primarily around the products, systems and services it sells and the markets it serves.
Business Segments
The company operates through four segments: Space & Airborne Systems (‘SAS’); Integrated Mission Systems (‘IMS’); Communication Systems (‘CS’); and Aerojet Rocketdyne (‘AR’).
SAS segment
This segment supplies full mission solutions as a prime and subsystem integrator in the space, airborne and cyber domains. The company provides top-tier capabilities in the design, development, integration, production and sustainment of weapons systems for national security, civil government and international customers in the following business sectors:
Space Systems: Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR); position, navigation and timing; weather and climate monitoring; and missile defense and ground-based space surveillance networks.
Intel & Cyber: Situational awareness, optical networks and advanced wireless solutions for classified intelligence and defense customers.
Mission Networks: Communications and networking solutions for air traffic management.
Airborne Combat Systems: Sensors, processors, hardened electronics, unmanned aircraft systems, precision weapons, infrared search and tracking, distributed aperture systems and precision pointing, weapons release systems; antennas for aircraft platforms; and threat warning and countermeasures for airborne, ground and maritime platforms.
IMS segment
This segment delivers differentiated mission capabilities and prime systems integration to support intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR), passive sensing and targeting, electronic attack, autonomy, power and communications, networks and sensors. IMS specializes in system design, development, integration, production, modernization and sustainment for national security and international customers in the following business sectors:
ISR: Airborne passive sensing and targeting, mission systems development, integration and life-cycle management for strategic reconnaissance, national command and control, tactical surveillance, electronic attack, agile strike, mobility, and classified platforms.
Maritime: Power, electrical, imaging, communication and sensor systems for naval platforms; integrated autonomous vessels for surface and undersea operations; fleet management; in-service support; missionization prototyping; and naval integration.
Global Optical Systems: Multi-domain, multi-spectral electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems supporting ISR and target acquisition missions; manufacturing of specialty laser and filter glass materials, laser range finders, target designators and transmitters; and highly scalable autonomous solutions. On January 4, 2025, the company realigned its software solutions business from the ISR sector into Global Optical Solutions and renamed the sector Targeting & Sensor Systems.
Defense Electronics: Space communications and space flight avionics; 360-degree visible/midwave IR passive surveillance; fuzing, navigation and range-testing solutions; and precision electronic components.
Commercial Aviation Solutions: Integrated aircraft avionics, pilot training and data analytics services for the commercial aviation industry. On January 3, 2025, Commercial Aviation Solutions (‘CAS disposal group’) was classified as held for sale.
CS segment
This segment enables warfighters across all domains with solutions critical to mission success even in the most contested environments. The company is a leading provider of resilient communication solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (‘DoD’), international, federal, and state agency customers in the following business sectors:
Tactical Communications: Designs, manufactures, and sustainment of resilient and interoperable secure communication solutions that include tactical radios, software, waveforms, satellite terminals, and end-to-end battlefield systems.
Broadband Communications: Designs, manufactures, and sustainment of resilient and secure communication solutions that include ISR and tactical data links, software and integrated broadband networks.
Integrated Vision Solutions: Design, manufacture and sustainment of a full suite of helmet-mounted integrated night vision goggles with leading-edge image intensifier tubes and weapon-mounted sights, aiming lasers, and range finders.
Public Safety and Professional Communications: State-of-the-art communication equipment, systems and applications for federal agencies, state and local government first responders, utilities, and transit agencies.
AR segment
This segment provides propulsion, power and armament products and systems to U.S. Government, including the DoD, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (‘NASA’) and major aerospace and defense prime contractors in the following business sectors:
Missile Solutions: Propulsion technologies and armament systems for strategic defense, missile defense, hypersonic and tactical systems.
Space Propulsion and Power Systems: Premier propulsion and power systems for national security, space and exploration missions.
International Business
In 2024, revenue from products and services where the end consumer is located outside the U.S., including foreign military sales funded through the U.S. Government, whether directly or through prime contractors, was 21% of its revenue and came from a large number of countries with no single foreign country accounting for more than 5% of its total revenue.
The majority of the company’s international marketing activities are conducted through subsidiaries that operate in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (‘EMEA’) and Asia-Pacific (‘APAC’) regions and Canada. The company also have established international marketing organizations and several regional sales offices.
Competition
The company competes domestically and internationally against large defense companies principally BAE Systems, Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, RTX, and Thales.
Research and Development
The company-funded research and development costs were $515 million in fiscal 2024.
History
The company was founded in 1895. It was incorporated in Delaware in 1926. The company was formerly known as Harris Corporation and changed its name to L3Harris Technologies, Inc. in 2019.