and dual ducted fans that combine proven technologies to achieve greater NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. As one executive remarked at the Thursday meeting, there’s a lot more cross-talk between units now than there used to be as synergies are sought and exploited. This is a huge undertaking that ultimately will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, transforming the way in which warfare is conducted. His growth strategy is aimed at exploiting that unity to win business in areas currently dominated by a handful of traditional mega-contractors.For instance, the company has hired former Navy acquisition executive Sean Stackley to run its communications and networking unit, with the goal of becoming a leading player in the networking of the joint force. Ground Effect (HOGE) and utility than conventional helicopters. military, homeland security and commercial aviation customers. with an advanced modular armed reconnaissance and light attack platform. $9.6 billion. It offers intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems, aircraft sustainment, simulation and training, night vision and image intensification equipment, and security and detection systems. So the purpose of Thursday’s meeting was to let journalists know that L3 has been making big strides as it prepares to become a peer of companies like Raytheon and Northrop Grumman.L3 Technologies is mainly an electronics enterprise, building sensors, networks and other hardware for all five domains of warfare—sea, air, land, space and the electromagnetic spectrum. And the evidence L3 is making that gestalt switch under Kubasik is increasingly apparent.
It invited reporters who cover the defense business to meet with its senior leaders and hear where the company is headed. Of course, niches can be lucrative when your customer is the Pentagon, the world’s biggest buyer of cutting-edge technology. The all-stock transaction, announced last year as a “merger of equals,” will create the sixth largest defense contractor in the world. innovative solutions for the Army’s modernization priorities,” said The management of L3 Technologies did something unusual this week. I have also taught at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The ValueLine investment survey notes that each of L3’s niche businesses is ranked number one or number two in its respective market. L3 executives stressed that their strategy is not aimed at taking market share from established equipment manufacturers. potential. ISR, communications and networked systems, and electronic systems for It then went on to win a competition to modernize the electronics architecture on the widely-used C-130H tactical airlifter, a breakthrough that will potentially open up opportunities in dozens of other countries operating the plane.So under Kubasik, L3 Technologies is becoming something more than a collection of disconnected niche operations. propel them into the future.” solutions in pilot training, aviation security, night vision and EO/IR,
systems engineering; weapons, sensor and communications systems Small. With AVX has developed and has To learn However, a survey of L3’s extensive competencies in surveillance, simulation, networking and other high-end applications of military electronics suggests that established players in the defense business will be feeling the heat from the arrival of a new force in their sector. Scheduled for a production program start in 2024, the FARA aircraft will Preview. The third size – S3 or L3 – includes saddles with a large central hole, recommended for cyclists with a high pelvic rotation, who develop high levels of pressure on the surface of the saddle. supported under the service’s new Futures Command structure. A company bulks larger in budget deliberations, and it is more likely to be a prime contractor rather than a mere subcontractor. Gaffey, AVX Aircraft Chairman and CEO. and highly capable FARA platform. Thumbnail. Army and Special Operations communities fits very well with AVX experience across a spectrum of skill sets. The company prefers to … “The L3/AVX FARA proposal demonstrates our commitment to provide Christopher E. Kubasik, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President The Navy pioneered the concept of “network-centric” warfare, and Stackley was a key player in fashioning the requirements for flexible, resilient warfighting networks. This is the kind of growth strategy that tends to work better when a company’s competencies are concentrated in electronic technologies rather than building combat systems like tanks and warships.L3 executives stressed that their strategy is not aimed at taking market share from established equipment manufacturers.