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Aerojet, which generates about $2.3 billion in annual revenue, has facilities in California, Arkansas, Florida, Alabama and Washington, among other states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, Lockheed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2020\/12\/20\/lockheed-buys-aerojet-rocketdyne-in-44b-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced it would acquire Aerojet<\/a>, but the deal quickly drew controversy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/2021\/02\/17\/raytheon-to-challenge-lockheed-aerojet-merger-ceo-says\/\">Raytheon Technologies publicly objected<\/a>, saying the transaction would force it to negotiate with Lockheed, a major competitor, for solid-rocket motors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. 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The agency said it was concerned the deal would hurt competition in the defense industry by allowing Lockheed to cut off other contractors from vital missile components Aerojet provides, particularly scramjet engines for hypersonic missiles and control systems for missile interceptors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Weeks later, Lockheed announced it would no longer seek to acquire Aerojet. In a statement, Jim Taiclet, Lockheed\u2019s chief executive, said the company \u201cdetermined that in light of the FTC\u2019s actions, terminating the transaction is in the best interest of our stakeholders.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L3Harris has dramatically reshaped itself in recent years. In 2019, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2018\/10\/14\/meet-l3-harris-technologies-defense-firms-unveil-merger-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">L3 Technologies and Harris Corp. merged<\/a> into what became the ninth-largest defense firm in the world at the time. The year before, L3 Technologies ranked 18th, and Harris Corp. ranked 26th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The combined company, with $14.9 billion in 2021 defense revenue, was the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=\"_blank\">10th largest defense firm in <\/a>this year\u2019s rankings. 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