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US Army Awards L3Harris Nearly $300 Million for Resilient Communications Program

by Business Wire

Jan. 28, 2025
12:11 AM GMT+9

ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The U.S. Army has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) full-rate Manpack and Leader radio production orders under the Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS) program totaling nearly $300 million.


These orders continue the proliferation of critical resilient communication solutions for U.S. soldiers and provide seamless interoperability from the tactical edge to the aerial tier in all operational environments, regardless of adversarial electronic warfare attacks.

“Effective, resilient communication dictates the operations tempo, and our solutions support the required comms-on-the-move to enable Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control,” said Sam Mehta, President, Communication Systems, L3Harris. “Our battle-proven resilient communications systems deliver the latest capabilities to keep pace with the emerging threats on the modern battlefield, providing commanders greater flexibility.”

The modern cryptographic compliant L3Harris AN/PRC-158 and AN/PRC-163 radios can switch between Secure But Unclassified – Encrypted (SBU-E) and high-assurance levels of encryption, enabling interoperability with coalition partners. This capability meets the latest NSA encryption and decryption standards for Communications Security and Transmission Security.

This award follows similar production orders from 2023 totaling more than $247 million under the same IDIQs. The Army also selected L3Harris to deliver Mobile User Objective System-capable AN/PRC-158s for the service’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems and the CH-47 Chinook rotary-wing fleet as part of the Air-to-Ground Networking Radio program.

About L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. Visit L3Harris.com for more information.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management’s current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about the value or expected value of orders and about technology capabilities are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. L3Harris disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Contacts

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Communication Systems

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603-400-9285

Sara Banda

Corporate

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