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L3Harris Technologies reports news on its defense technology portfolio serving space, air, land, sea and cyber missions for national security customers. Updates commonly cover orders, backlog, revenue trends and segment activity across communications, mission systems, propulsion, missiles, sensors, avionics and space systems.
Company announcements also include dividend actions, production-capacity investments, solid rocket motor expansion, space-mission contributions and partnerships involving satellite systems and Earth-observation data infrastructure. Capital-structure news has included financing and registration activity related to the Missile Solutions business, including operations associated with legacy Aerojet Rocketdyne.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) announced a >$1 billion expansion to create the Virginia Advanced Propulsion Facilities (VAPF) in Orange County, Virginia. The project, cited at $1.265 billion, will more than double manufacturing space, add new facilities for propellant and motor production, and create 350+ jobs over five years.
The site currently totals 256,000 square feet and serves as the company’s Center of Excellence for propellant research and small-to-medium solid rocket motor production. The VAPF will support mixing, grinding, casting and final assembly for multiple Department of War programs and build on expansions in Camden and Huntsville.
Xoople and L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) announced a co-development of a novel satellite constellation optimized for the AI era on April 8, 2026. The program follows seven years of design and R&D and aims to deliver orders-of-magnitude improvements in precision and speed for Earth observation.
The constellation is positioned as a foundational data layer Xoople calls “Earth’s System of Record,” targeting real-time, high-precision ground-truth data for supply chains, infrastructure, risk underwriting, disaster response, and security monitoring.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) powered the launch of NASA's Artemis II mission on April 2, 2026, supplying propulsion, in-space thrusters, avionics and communications for the first crewed lunar mission in over 50 years. The company provided 100+ elements including RS-25 and RL10 engines, Orion main engine, 40 avionics units and the Orion audio system.
The 10-day crewed lunar flyaround will demonstrate L3Harris systems for precision control, course corrections and continuous astronaut communications in support of the Artemis campaign.
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will release first quarter 2026 results before the market opens on Thursday, April 30, 2026. The company will host an earnings call the same day at 10:30 a.m. ET, with a live webcast and replay available at L3Harris.com.
L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) will present at the J.P. Morgan Industrials Conference in Washington on Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 12:55 p.m. ET.
Missile Solutions President Ken Bedingfield will deliver the presentation, which will stream live on L3Harris.com, with a recording available after the event.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) appointed Sam Mehta president overseeing the Space & Mission Systems and Communications & Spectrum Dominance segments, effective immediately. Mehta and Ken Bedingfield will report to Chairman and CEO Christopher Kubasik. The company will continue reporting three segments separately.
Jon Rambeau, former President of Communications & Spectrum Dominance, has departed to pursue external opportunities. Mehta brings 25 years of aerospace and defense leadership and previously led Communication Systems.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) named Kenneth Sharp as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective March 16, 2026, and appointed Ken Bedingfield to focus exclusively on leading the Missile Solutions segment.
Bedingfield will scale solid rocket motor manufacturing to meet urgent missile demand and lead preparations for an initial public offering of Missile Solutions later this year. Sharp brings 30+ years of financial leadership, most recently serving as EVP and CFO of Peraton, with prior CFO roles at DXC Technology and Northrop Grumman Defense Systems.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) hosted Secretary of War Pete Hegseth at its Camden, Arkansas solid rocket motor site as part of an "Arsenal of Freedom" tour. The company is investing billions to expand capacity, building the 110-acre Arkansas Advanced Propulsion Facilities with more than 20 buildings to increase large motor capacity sixfold.
The 2,000-acre Camden campus produces thousands of motors annually and, according to company remarks, builds more than 115,000 solid rocket motors per year. L3Harris acquired the business in 2023 and intends an initial public offering of the solid rocket motor business in the second half of 2026.
L3Harris (NYSE: LHX) won a contract valued at nearly $400 million to produce additional solid rocket boost motors and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control Systems (LDACS) as a supplier to the prime for the Missile Defense Agency’s THAAD system.
The company highlighted THAAD's 17-for-17 intercept record, its prior delivery of the 1,000th boost motor and 1,000th LDACS in 2024, and U.S. manufacturing in Huntsville, Alabama; Camden, Arkansas; and Los Angeles.
AE Industrial Partners (private firm) announced 2026 senior leadership promotions, elevating Jon Lusczakoski to Partner; Matthew Friendly to General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer; Tess Sprechman to Managing Director, Head of Investor Relations; and Megan LeFevre to Head of Human Resources.
The firm also promoted four vice presidents and noted $7.5 billion AUM as of September 30, 2025 and a pending acquisition of a controlling interest in the Rocketdyne space propulsion unit of L3Harris (NYSE: LHX).