{"id":13751,"date":"2018-10-15T18:27:37","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T18:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/10\/15\/harris-l3-ceos-expect-to-hold-on-to-civilian-business\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T04:39:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T04:39:26","slug":"harris-l3-ceos-expect-to-hold-on-to-civilian-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/acquisition\/2018\/10\/15\/harris-l3-ceos-expect-to-hold-on-to-civilian-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Harris, L3 CEOs expect to hold onto civilian business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 As L3 and Harris prepare to merge into a new company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/2018\/10\/13\/reported-l3-harris-merger-would-create-seventh-largest-defense-firm-in-the-world\/\" target=_blank>L3 Harris Technologies<\/a>, Defense News spoke with the CEOs of both companies to discuss how the merger will impact their civilian businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/people.defensenews.com\/top-100\/\" target=_blank>Defense News Top 100<\/a>, the two companies combined total revenue in the civilian sector for fiscal year 2017 was $3.67 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest customers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/top-100\/2017\/08\/07\/interview-harris-ceo-bill-brown-on-narrowing-the-corporate-focus\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harris CEO Bill Brown <\/a>hopes to hold on to is the Federal Aviation Association. 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