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| Date | Topic | Event | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-15 | FAA network | Duffy names a router L3Harris installed at El Dorado, Arkansas, and a second in Amarillo, Texas. Both go to an L3Harris lab for examination. The router maker says its devices did not fail. Fault is not established. | cnbc.com · tovima.com · abcnews.com |
| 2026-11-14 | FAA network | Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says the failure began during L3Harris copper-to-fiber work and asks whether it was installer error or a faulty router. The FAA administrator says the root cause is unknown. L3Harris says it is supporting the investigation. | cnn.com · cnbc.com · npr.org |
| 2026-11-13 | FAA network | The FAA orders a nationwide ground stop of about four hours after data flooding on the telecommunications network that L3Harris runs. As many as 17 of 22 en route centers are affected. | cnn.com · aljazeera.com · cnbc.com |
| 2026-09-08 | Pentagon stake | Missile Solutions receives a $4.7 billion, seven-year PAC-3 propulsion award through Lockheed Martin; a $6.3 billion THAAD propulsion award is booked the same quarter. | l3harris.com · sec.gov |
| 2026-08-17 | Leadership | The board announces Kubasik’s removal over conduct inconsistent with the code of conduct. Sam Mehta becomes CEO and Lewis Hay III independent chair. | sec.gov · virginiabusiness.com |
| 2026-07-13 | Pentagon stake | The Space Development Agency awards L3Harris up to $955 million for 18 Golden Dome tracking satellites. | breakingdefense.com |
| 2026-07-08 | Air Force One | On the retrofitted jet’s first foreign trip, Trump leaves Turkey on an older Air Force One and rejoins the new aircraft in Britain. | defensenews.com · thehill.com |
| 2026-04 | Pentagon stake | The Pentagon investment closes. The government also receives warrants; L3Harris keeps more than 80% of the unit. A draft IPO registration is filed confidentially about a week later. | washingtontechnology.com · rttnews.com |
| 2026-03-16 | Leadership | Kenneth Sharp becomes CFO; Kenneth Bedingfield moves to lead Missile Solutions full time. | breakingdefense.com |
| 2026-03-06 | Administration | L3Harris is among seven contractors whose leaders meet Trump at the White House on weapons production. | cbsnews.com |
| 2026-02-24 | Legal | Former Trenchant general manager Peter Williams is sentenced to 87 months for selling eight exploits to a Russian broker. | cyberscoop.com · itnews.com.au |
| 2026-01-13 | Pentagon stake | The Pentagon announces a $1 billion convertible preferred investment in L3Harris’s Missile Solutions business, to be spun off by IPO. | breakingdefense.com · finance.yahoo.com |
| 2026-01-07 | Pentagon stake | Trump criticizes defense contractors over production, buybacks and executive pay and signs an executive order restricting payouts by underperforming contractors. L3Harris declines to comment. | washingtontechnology.com |
| 2026-01-05 | Company | L3Harris announces the sale of 60% of its space propulsion unit to AE Industrial Partners for about $845 million and a reorganization into three segments. | washingtontechnology.com · payloadspace.com |
| 2025-08 | Pentagon stake | Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says the administration is weighing equity stakes in major defense contractors. | cato.org |
| 2025-05-22 | Legal | The Justice Department announces a $62 million false-claims settlement with L3 units, one day after the Pentagon formally accepts the Qatari jet. | cnbc.com |
| 2025-05-13 | FAA network | L3Harris is named to an FAA task force on Newark telecommunications failures. | malaymail.com |
| 2025-05-01 | Air Force One | L3Harris is reported to have been picked to convert a Qatari Boeing 747 into an interim Air Force One. | cnbc.com |
| 2025-01-16 | Administration | Kubasik’s letter to the incoming Department of Government Efficiency asks for procurement and accounting changes. | semafor.com |
| 2025-01 | Administration | The Golden Dome executive order names an L3Harris satellite system (HBTSS) and calls for its deployment to be accelerated. | breakingdefense.com |
| 2025 | FAA network | After a Dallas-area outage the FAA says L3Harris’s oversight failed to ensure backup paths worked. The agency puts the primary failure on the local carrier, Frontier. | nbcnews.com · cbsnews.com |