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L3Harris formed in mid-2019 when Harris Corporation and L3 Technologies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/interviews\/2018\/10\/15\/harris-and-l3-ceos-talk-merger-divestitures-and-why-we-all-should-have-seen-this-coming\/\" target=\"_blank\">merged<\/a> into a single business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Brown had served as the CEO of Harris since 2011, until the merger closed, when he became chief executive of L3Harris. 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