L3 Technologies

L3 was formed as L-3 Communications in 1997 to acquire certain business units from Lockheed Martin that had previously been part of Loral Corporation. These units had belonged to Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta, which had merged three years before in 1993.[http://www.l1id.com/pages/209-robert-v-lapenta "Robert V. LaPenta" L-1 Identity Solutions] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228142751/http://www.l1id.com/pages/209-robert-v-lapenta |date=February 28, 2014 }} The company was founded by (and named for) Frank Lanza and Robert LaPenta in partnership with Lehman Brothers. Lanza and LaPenta had both served as executives at Loral and Lockheed.{{cite web|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/l-3-communications-holdings-inc-history/|title=History of L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. – FundingUniverse|website=www.fundinguniverse.com|access-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703080242/http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/l-3-communications-holdings-inc-history/|archive-date=July 3, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

;1997

• Paramax Systems Corporation from Lockheed Martin. Loral had acquired Paramax in 1995

;2000

• Training & Simulation Division of Raytheon Systems Co., based in Arlington, Texas. This company was formerly known as Hughes Training, Inc., and part of the Hughes Aircraft Defense Group purchased by Raytheon from General Motors two years earlier. The division traces its ancestry to the original company formed by Edwin Link, inventor of the Link Trainer airplane simulator, and accordingly was renamed Link Simulation and Training (now known as Link Training and Simulation).{{cite web|url=https://www.link.com/about#our-innovation-heritage|title=History - L-3 Link Simulation & Training|first=L3 Link Simulation and|last=Training|website= link.com|access-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042701/https://www.link.com/about#our-innovation-heritage|archive-date=December 23, 2017|df=mdy-all}}

;2001

• KDI Precision Products, Batavia, Ohio. Electronic fuzing, safe and arm devices.
• Litton Electron Devices from Northrop Grumman (renamed L3 Electron Devices)

;2002

• Raytheon Aircraft Integration Systems (renamed L3 Integrated Systems; the Greenville, Texas facility is now known as L3 Mission Integration Division, while the Waco, Texas facility is now known as L3 Platform Integration Division)
• SyColeman Corporation, which came about from the joining of Sy Technologies and Coleman Research Corporation
• PerkinElmer Detection Systems from PerkinElmer which became L-3 Security & Detection Systems{{cite news|title=L-3 Communications completes acquisition of PerkinElmer detection-systems business|work=VisionSystems Design|url=http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2002/06/l-3-communications-completes-acquisition-of-perkinelmer-detection-systems-business.html|date=June 18, 2002|access-date=June 20, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629170505/http://www.vision-systems.com/articles/2002/06/l-3-communications-completes-acquisition-of-perkinelmer-detection-systems-business.html|archive-date=June 29, 2016|df=mdy-all}}
• Wescam (currently named L3 Harris Wescam), developer of gyro-stabilized, EO-IR imaging systems

;2003

• Ship Analytics, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/L-3+Communications+Acquires+Ship+Analytics,+Inc.-a096647948|title=L-3 Communications Acquires Ship Analytics, Inc. - Free Online Library|website=thefreelibrary.com|access-date=June 25, 2017|archive-date=April 13, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413160028/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/L-3+Communications+Acquires+Ship+Analytics,+Inc.-a096647948|url-status=dead}}
• BF Goodrich Avionics{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/business/company-news-goodrich-to-sell-its-avionics-unit-for-188-million.html|title=COMPANY NEWS; GOODRICH TO SELL ITS AVIONICS UNIT FOR $188 MILLION|newspaper= The New York Times|date=January 30, 2003|access-date=August 7, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807153334/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/30/business/company-news-goodrich-to-sell-its-avionics-unit-for-188-million.html|archive-date=August 7, 2017|df=mdy-all}}
• L-3 Communication MAS from Bombardier Aerospace

;2004

• Cincinnati Electronics, Mason, Ohio. Infrared detectors & systems, space avionics.
• Raytheon Commercial Infrared, Richardson Texas. Infrared detectors .

;2005

• Titan Corp., after a failed buyout attempt by Lockheed Martin
• L-3 Communication Combat Propulsion Systems, previously owned by General Dynamics Land Systems
• L-3 Communications MAPPS, previously CAE's Marine Controls unit{{cite news|title=L-3 MAPPS Company details|work=naval-technology.com|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/consoles/l-3-mapps2/|access-date=January 8, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908032153/http://www.naval-technology.com/contractors/consoles/l-3-mapps2/|archive-date=September 8, 2010|df=mdy-all}}
• Electron Dynamic Devices from Boeing Satellite Systems
• Applied Signal & Image Technology, Linthicum Heights, MD. Geo-location systems for RF emitters.
• Sonoma Design Group, Santa Rosa, CA. Stabilized EO/IR sensors.

;2006

• Advanced System Architectures, based in Fleet, Hampshire, United Kingdom. L-3 ASA has core capabilities in the development and through-life management of complex information systems, data fusion and tracking solutions, and interoperable secure communications systems.
• Crestview Aerospace, based in northwest Florida. Crestview Aerospace provides aircraft structures, major airframe assemblies, and military aircraft modifications for leading prime contractors and OEMs in the aerospace industry. (sold in 2017 along with Vertex Aerospace and TCS)
• Nautronix and MariPro, based in Fremantle, Australia and Santa Barbara, California, respectively, from Nautronix Plc in Aberdeen, Scotland. Nautronix and MariPro provide acoustic ranges and hydrographics to commercial and defense markets
• TRL Technology, a specialist defense electronics company based in Gloucestershire, UK. TRL Technology is internationally known for development and innovation in the fields of interception, surveillance, electronic warfare, and communications."{{cite web |url=http://www.l-3com.com/divisions/overview.aspx?id=175 |title=L-3 Communications -> Divisions -> TRL Technology |access-date=2016-02-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611123145/http://www.l-3com.com/divisions/overview.aspx?id=175 |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}." L-3 Communications. Retrieved on May 24, 2010.

;2010

• Insight Technology, based in Londonderry, New Hampshire. Insight develops and builds optics, from night-vision goggles to weapon-mounted sights and lasers.{{cite web |title=L-3 could spend $1 billion of cash on hand for M&A |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aero-arms-summit-l3-deals/l-3-could-spend-1-billion-of-cash-on-hand-for-ma-idUSTRE6883ZM20100909 |website=Reuters |access-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608200913/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-aero-arms-summit-l3-deals-idUSTRE6883ZM20100909 |archive-date=8 June 2022 |date=18 April 2010}}

;2012

• Thales Training & Simulation (TTSL – partial acquisition), a Thales subsidiary manufacturing civil and military full flight simulators. In August 2012, L-3 acquired TTSL's UK-based civil fixed-wing simulation business to form L-3 Link Simulation & Training, later renamed L3 Commercial Training Solutions, and then L3 Commercial Aviation Solutions.{{cite web |title=Thales completes sale of civil fixed-wing flight simulation business to L-3 Communications |url=https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/content/thales-completes-sale-civil-fixed-wing-flight-simulation-business-l-3-communications |publisher=Thales Group |access-date=2014-11-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160208083058/https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/content/thales-completes-sale-civil-fixed-wing-flight-simulation-business-l-3-communications |archive-date=2016-02-08}} In 2023, the business was sold to private equity firm TJC, becoming part of Acron Aviation.{{Cite news |date=2023-11-27 |title=L3Harris to sell its commercial aviation solutions business for $800 mln |url=https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/l3harris-sell-its-commercial-aviation-solutions-business-800-mln-2023-11-27/ |access-date=2025-04-18 |work=Reuters }}

;2015

• CTC Aviation Limited, an airline pilot training school based in Southampton, UK. In 2017, the business was rebranded L3 Airline Academy.{{Cite news|url=https://www.pilotcareernews.com/goodbye-ctc-aviation-hello-l3-airline-academy/ |title=Goodbye CTC Aviation, hello L3 Airline Academy - Pilot Career News|date=2017-05-15|work=Pilot Career News|access-date=2025-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250126153533/https://www.pilotcareernews.com/goodbye-ctc-aviation-hello-l3-airline-academy/ |archive-date=2025-01-26 |url-status=live|language=en-GB}}

;2016

• MacDonald Humfrey (Automation), a Luton, UK–based checkpoint security and automation company{{cite web |url=http://www.l-3com.com/press-release/l-3-acquires-macdonald-humfrey-automation-ltd |title=L-3 Acquires MacDonald Humfrey (Automation) Ltd | L-3 Communications |access-date=2016-11-27 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201132337/http://www.l-3com.com/press-release/l-3-acquires-macdonald-humfrey-automation-ltd |archive-date=December 1, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}
• ExMac (Automation), a Droitwich, UK-based automated material handling company

;2017

• Open Water Power, a Somerville, Massachusetts–based battery startup spun out of MIT. Its novel aluminum-water battery technology promises a tenfold improvement in the endurance of unmanned underwater vehicles.{{cite web|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170522005738/en/|title=L3 Acquires Open Water Power, Inc.|website= businesswire.com|date=May 22, 2017|access-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170625174520/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20170522005738/en|archive-date=June 25, 2017|df=mdy-all}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-acquires-open-water-power-inc |title=L3 Acquires Open Water Power, Inc. | L3 Technologies |access-date=June 18, 2017 |archive-date=May 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513081427/https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-acquires-open-water-power-inc |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://news.mit.edu/2017/batteries-drink-seawater-long-range-autonomous-underwater-vehicles-0615|title=Batteries that "drink" seawater could power long-range underwater vehicles|website=mit.edu|date=June 15, 2017 |access-date=June 25, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624101318/http://news.mit.edu/2017/batteries-drink-seawater-long-range-autonomous-underwater-vehicles-0615|archive-date=June 24, 2017|df=mdy-all}}
• Ocean-Server Technology, a Fall River, Massachusetts–based small business specializing in lithium-ion battery, sensor, and robotic mini-sub (UUV) products{{Cite web|url=https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-acquires-oceanserver-technology|title=L3 purchase of Ocean-Serer|date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107025157/https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-acquires-oceanserver-technology|archive-date=November 7, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}
• ASV Global, a Lafayette, Louisiana–based business with international offices in Portchester specializing in Autonomous Surface Vehicles for commercial and defense markets.{{Cite web|url=https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-strengthens-unmanned-maritime-capabilities-acquisition-asv-global|title=L3 Strengthens Unmanned Maritime Capabilities With Acquisition of ASV Global|date=2018-09-24|website=L3 Technologies|language=en|access-date=2018-12-19|archive-date=December 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181220231043/https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-strengthens-unmanned-maritime-capabilities-acquisition-asv-global|url-status=dead}}

;2018

• In October 2018, L3 announced an all-stock "merger of equals" with Florida-based Harris Corporation, to be closed (subject to approvals) in mid-2019.{{Cite web |url=http://l3harris.mergerannouncement.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Transaction-Press-Release-FINAL-1.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-date=October 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015231553/http://l3harris.mergerannouncement.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Transaction-Press-Release-FINAL-1.pdf |url-status=dead }} The merger was completed on June 29, 2019, and the new company, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., is based in Melbourne, Florida, where Harris was headquartered.

As of 2017, L3 was organized under four business segments:

• Electronic Systems
• Advanced Programs
• Aviation Products and Security
• Power and Propulsion Systems
• Precision Engagement and Training
• Aerospace Systems
• Aircraft Systems
• ISR Systems
• MAS
• Vertex Aerospace
• Communication Systems
• Advanced Communications
• Broadband Communications
• Space and Power
• Tactical SATCOM
• Sensor Systems
• Space & Sensor Systems
• Maritime Sensor Systems
• Worldwide Surveillance & Targeting Missions
• Warrior Sensor Systems

Frank Lanza, CEO and co-founder, died on June 7, 2006. CFO Michael T. Strianese was named as interim CEO, and was later appointed chairman, president and CEO of the company on October 23, 2006. In 2015, former Lockheed Martin executive Christopher E. Kubasik was named president and COO, with Strianese remaining as chairman and CEO.{{cite press release|url=https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-chairman-and-ceo-michael-t-strianese-announces-plan-retire-board-elects-Christopher|title=L3 Chairman and CEO Michael T. Strianese Announces Plan to Retire; Board Elects Christopher E. Kubasik as CEO|publisher=L3 Technologies|date=July 19, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818091305/https://www.l3t.com/press-release/l3-chairman-and-ceo-michael-t-strianese-announces-plan-retire-board-elects-christopher|archive-date=August 18, 2017|df=mdy-all}} On July 19, 2017, Strianese announced that he would retire as CEO on December 31, 2017, to be succeeded by Kubasik, but would remain as board chairman.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-l3-executives-idUSKBN1A504S|title=L3 Technologies CEO to retire, COO to take over|first=Ahmed|last=Farhatha|date=July 20, 2017|publisher=Reuters|access-date=July 20, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170720034728/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-l3-executives-idUSKBN1A504S|archive-date=July 20, 2017|df=mdy-all}} As of January 1, 2018, Christopher E. Kubasik became chief executive officer and president of L3 Technologies.

L3 Technologies was originally named L-3 Communications for the last initials of its founders Frank Lanza, Robert LaPenta, and Lehman Brothers. Despite the similarity in naming, there is no corporate connection between L3 Technologies, formerly known as L-3 Communications, and networking provider Level 3 Communications, whose name is often abbreviated "L3" in informal industry communication.

On December 31, 2016, the company changed its name from L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. to L3 Technologies, Inc. to better reflect the company's wider focus since its founding in 1997. The company's website changed from L-3com.com to L3T.com, but the company's NYSE ticker symbol of LLL remained the same.{{cite press release|title=L-3 Communications to Change Name to L3 Technologies, Inc.|url=http://www.l-3com.com/press-release/l-3-communications-change-name-l3-technologies-inc|publisher=L-3 Communications, Inc.|date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215152520/http://www.l-3com.com/press-release/l-3-communications-change-name-l3-technologies-inc|archive-date=December 15, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

• L-3 ProVision, millimeter wave airport passenger screening system
• L-3 eXaminer SX, 3DX, and XLB, airport baggage scanning systems
• L-3 OptEX, trace level explosive detection system
• AVCATT, mobile aviation training simulator
• Orchid,[http://www.mapps.l-3com.com/orchid_power.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713180223/http://www.mapps.l-3com.com/orchid_power.html|date=July 13, 2011}} total development & simulation environment (Power, Marine)
• EOTech, holographic weapon sights
• L-3 Sonoma EO, electro optical imaging systems, 1508M Dragon Eyes, 1205MD, 2111X, 2514X, & 2711G
• OMNI, encryption device that adds secure voice and secure data to a standard analog telephone or modem connected computer, made in "Standard" model with a 56 kbit/s limit and "OMNIxi" with a 15 Mbit/s limit{{Cite web |title=Omni Secure Terminal |url=https://www.ia.nato.int/DocumentGenerator/repository/version/c4f2d479-fb62-4f54-858e-a6515857497d/OMNI-SECURE-TERMINAL-Manufacturer's%20Brochure | access-date = 2023-07-17}}

In 2010, it was announced that L3's Special Support Programs Division had been suspended by the United States Air Force from doing any contract work for the US federal government. A US Department of Defense investigation had reportedly found that the company had, "used a highly sensitive government computer network to collect competitive business information for its own use." A US federal criminal investigationHodge, Nathan, "Spotlight On Private Firms At Pentagon", Wall Street Journal, June 12, 2010, p. 4. ended the temporary suspension on July 27, 2010.

On November 4, 2010, L3 issued a part purge notification to prevent future use of Chinese counterfeit parts, but did not notify its customers whose display systems suffered from much higher than expected failure rates.{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Did-IAFs-US-made-C-130J-Super-Hercules-that-crashed-have-fake-Chinese-parts/articleshow/32977838.cms |title=Did IAF's 'US-made' C-130J Super Hercules that crashed have fake Chinese parts? |last1=Rajghatta |first1=Chidanand |date=March 30, 2014 |website=indiatimes.com |publisher=TNN |access-date=March 30, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330202550/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Did-IAFs-US-made-C-130J-Super-Hercules-that-crashed-have-fake-Chinese-parts/articleshow/32977838.cms |archive-date=March 30, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}

In 2015, L3 Technologies agreed to pay $25.6 million to settle a lawsuit with the U.S. Government. L3 was accused of knowingly providing the U.S. military with optics that failed in extreme temperatures and humid weather conditions. These sights were provided to infantry and special operations forces operating in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as civilians and law enforcement.[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/21/eotech-breaks-silence-over-defective-sights.html "EOTech Breaks Silence over Defective Sights"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160727044941/http://www.military.com/daily-news/2016/01/21/eotech-breaks-silence-over-defective-sights.html |date=July 27, 2016 }}, Military.com, January 21, 2016. Retrieved on November 8, 2016.

The civil fraud lawsuit was filed by Preet Bharara, in the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit alleged L3 officials have known since 2006 that the holographic sights being sent to Iraq and Afghanistan failed to perform as advertised in extreme temperature ranges. The lawsuit alleges that the FBI independently discovered the thermal drift defect, where the point-of-aim would shift when the sights were exposed to temperature extremes, in March 2015 and presented EOTech with "the very same findings that the company had documented internally for years. Shortly thereafter, EOTech finally disclosed the thermal drift defect to the DoD." According to court documents, EOTech had advertised that its sights performed in temperatures ranging from -40 degrees to 140 degrees Fahrenheit, and in humid conditions.[http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/12/02/us-optic-maker-settles-lawsuit-over-defective-rifle-sights.html "US Optic Maker Settles Lawsuit Over Defective Rifle Sights"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217220347/http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/12/02/us-optic-maker-settles-lawsuit-over-defective-rifle-sights.html |date=February 17, 2017 }}, Military.com, December 2, 2015. Retrieved on * November 2015.

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