L3 Technologies, Inc.

L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-East Division, doing business as Communication Systems - East Division, manufactures and delivers communications security equipment, cryptographic components, electronic assemblies, and maritime communications systems to the Department of Defense and Coast Guard as a prime contractor on full-and-open and sole-source procurements; the division is a subsidiary of L3 Technologies, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Camden, New Jersey, and competes without SBA set-asides across NAICS 334210 (radio and television broadcasting equipment manufacturing) and PSC 5810 (communications security equipment and components).

The division's federal footprint spans 1,813 awards with combined potential value of $3.45 billion, of which $1.07 billion has been obligated. Prime work dominates the portfolio at 95% of awards (1,719), with sub awards representing 5% (94) routed through large defense primes including Lockheed Martin, Electric Boat, Huntington Ingalls, Textron Systems, Boeing, and Raytheon. The division delivers in three concrete capability areas: Advanced Extremely High-Frequency (AEHF) communications security transmission systems and cryptographic core processor application-specific integrated circuits; maritime communications and command-control-communications-computers-cyber-intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance (C5I) systems sustainment for U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutters, Fast Response Cutters, and related platforms; and specialized electronic components including circuit card assemblies, printed wiring boards, loudspeaker assemblies, diplexers, and terminal integration kits. Representative prime awards include a $28.7 million Space and Missile Systems Center definitive contract (September 2025 through September 2030) for development and delivery of end cryptographic units under the SHIELD program; a $6.4 million Coast Guard delivery order (September 2025 through September 2027) for National Security Cutter Shipboard Alarm and Announcing System operating system upgrades; a $10.2 million Air Education and Training Command delivery order (May 2025) for AEHF cryptographic core processor ASICs; and a $6.4 million Naval Sea Systems Command definitive contract (April 2022) for Submarine Tender Recapitalization Program concept refinement and preliminary design.

The division concentrates customer relationships heavily on maritime defense. The Department of the Navy Naval Supply Systems Command leads by award count (355 awards, $16.7 million combined potential value), followed by the Department of the Navy broadly (210 awards), the U.S. Coast Guard (110 awards, $206.3 million combined potential value), and Naval Sea Systems Command (101 awards, $8.9 million combined potential value). By potential-value ranking, concentration shifts toward Army and Air Force: the Department of the Army anchors 67 awards valued at $1.07 billion combined, and the Air Education and Training Command (32 awards, $352.5 million) ranks second. The Army-driven concentration reflects work on communications and cryptographic systems for broader defense platforms beyond maritime. The top five customers account for 54% of combined potential value across the entire division portfolio.

The division operates under five primary indefinite delivery contracts: an N0010492GA064 Navy IDIQ with 88 task orders; an N0038398G001J Navy contract with 63 task orders; an N0010404GA751 Navy IDIQ with 60 task orders and $600 thousand combined potential value; a DASG6002D0015 Army IDIQ with 50 task orders and $1.07 billion combined potential value; and an N0010408GA101 Navy contract with 50 task orders and $1 million combined potential value. Outside the Navy's largest vehicles, the division holds a $49.999 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (September 2024 through September 2029) for electronic components and communications systems supporting Coast Guard operations, from which a $17.6 million delivery order was issued in May 2025 for C5I systems technical sustainment support. The division also holds a $47.8 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with the U.S. Coast Guard (April 2023 through December 2026) for proprietary sustainment support of L3Harris Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance assets, under which multiple task orders have been issued for Symphony crypto updates, Motobridge equipment replacement, and Shipboard Alarm and Announcing System upgrades.

Activity trajectory shows growth from 23 prime awards in 2022 to 60 in 2024, with a decline to 29 in 2025 and 3 in the first quarter of 2026; this decline reflects the snapshot cutoff date (2026-07-15) capturing only partial-year 2026 activity. In the 24-month recompete window, 15 awards with combined potential value of $62.9 million reach ultimate completion, exposing the division to recompete risk on established Navy and Coast Guard task orders. SCI-reported invoicing for federal services contracts above the $150,000 threshold shows $7.1 million across fiscal years 2022 through 2024, with roughly 4.4 to 13.2 FTEs deployed annually on reportable service contracts. Government-paid hourly rates on SCI-captured prime service contracts median around $203.63/hr, with senior labor pricing through $667.42/hr. Across SCI-reportable prime contracts, the division performed 0% of work through subcontractors, indicating internal delivery. The subcontractor footprint in the broader award portfolio reflects work performed under primes including Electric Boat (submarine construction and engineering change instructions), Lockheed Martin (next-generation medium-range air defense system engineering and sustainment), Huntington Ingalls (aircraft carrier detailed design and construction), and Textron Systems (landing craft air cushion long-lead material procurements), positioning the division as a critical component supplier and systems integrator for large-scale naval shipbuilding and defense platforms.