L3 Technologies, Inc.

L3 Technologies, Inc., Communication Systems-West Division, a large business subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, delivers military tactical communications equipment, systems engineering, and sustainment services to the Department of Defense as a prime contractor (85% of recent awards) on full-and-open, non-set-aside contracts. The division, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializes in secure, jam-resistant digital voice and data communications terminals and components across the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) program family, including MIDS Low Volume Terminals, MIDS Joint Tactical Radio System terminals, and associated radio frequency equipment and spares supporting air, land, and sea platforms.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted to Navy commands. The top five funding agencies account for 46% of recent awards by count and 65% by potential value, with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (306 awards, $8 billion combined potential value), Naval Supply Systems Command (772 awards, $290.7 million), Army Communications Electronics Command (225 awards, $5.52 billion), Naval Air Systems Command (213 awards, $1.74 billion), and Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center (265 awards, $978.7 million) anchoring the portfolio. The divergence between the two rankings—NAVSUP leads by award volume but NAVWAR dominates by dollars—reflects L3 Technologies' positioning as a sustained provider of high-value MIDS system production and engineering integration work alongside routine parts and repair supply.

L3 Technologies holds five named parent vehicles: a $307.7 million multiple-award IDIQ with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (awarded April 2026) for MIDS Low Volume Terminal production, spares, Block Upgrade 2 retrofits, and engineering services through April 2031; a $939.6 million multiple-award IDIQ with Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (September 2025) for MIDS Weapons Data Link Small Weapons Attritable Family 2 radio development and sustainment through September 2030; a $283.3 million single-award IDIQ with Electronic Systems Center (January 2026) for Ground Control Element support and sustainment through January 2031; an $11.96 million single-award IDIQ with Naval Supply Systems Command (February 2026) for MIDS LVT Block Upgrade 2 terminal repair through February 2031; and a $151 billion multiple-award IDIQ with Missile Defense Agency (December 2025) for the Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) program research, development, and production through December 2035. L3 Technologies also maintains standing basic ordering agreements with Naval Supply Systems Command for MIDS terminal repair and retrofit services and radio frequency communication equipment spares extending through 2030. Task order activity is sustained across these vehicles, with a $42.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for MIDS facilitization (August 2027 completion), an $81 million delivery order for MIDS JTRS terminal production Lot 14 (September 2027 completion), and a $37.97 million GCE FY26 Sustainment order (January 2027 completion) representative of recent major awards.

Recent activity shows flat trajectory: 154 awards in 2022 rose to 319 in 2024, then softened to 300 in 2025 and 43 awarded through early August 2026. One hundred forty-one awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $1.6 billion, representing significant recompete exposure centered on MIDS production, sustainment, and repair work across Naval Supply Systems Command and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command vehicles.

SCI-reported invoiced revenue totals $32.8 million in FY2022 (101 FTEs delivered); FY2023 and FY2024 show zero SCI-reportable invoicing despite 4,544 FTEs reported in FY2024 (likely reflecting that most revenue is classified, product-based rather than service-based above the reporting threshold, or recorded under the parent L3Harris entity). The sparse SCI coverage reflects the nature of L3 Technologies' portfolio—primarily manufacturing and product supply rather than service-contract-reportable labor. Across prime SCI records, median government-paid hourly rates ran $156.75/hr, with no sub-hours share reported.

L3 Technologies operates primarily as a prime contractor, with 85% of recent awards in prime capacity and 15% as a subcontractor, predominantly to Northrop Grumman (Global Hawk and Triton sustainment and engineering support), Boeing (E-4B and Apache new build), General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (MQ-9 Reaper support and Link-16 integration), and others. Named subcontractors on L3 Technologies' own MIDS and sustainment work include Creation Technologies Idaho Inc., Crane Electronics Inc., Vanguard EMS Inc., Regal Technology Partners, and CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies Inc., typically providing circuit card assemblies, power supply components, and RF subsystems supporting terminal production and depot-level repair operations.

The Communication Systems-West Division's top NAICS categories are Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing (878 awards) and Other Communications Equipment Manufacturing (504 awards); top PSC codes are Miscellaneous Communication Equipment (659 awards) and Miscellaneous Aircraft Accessories and Components (253 awards), reflecting the mixed MIDS terminal, radar data link, and airborne communications platform scope. Recent work includes Foreign Military Sales support for allied nations (Latvia, Italy, France, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Spain, New Zealand, India), indicating established export authority and allied-interoperability engineering capability alongside domestic defense sustainment.