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L3Harris Invests In Small Company With Long-Endurance ASV Technology

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, October 19th, 2022

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L3Harris Invests In Small Company With Long-Endurance ASV Technology

Seasats X3 autonomous surface vehicle. Rendering: Seasats

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday said it has made a nearly $10 million investment in Seasats, a small company that has developed a long-endurance autonomous surface vessel (ASV), a deal that complements its existing small and medium ASV programs and provides the San Diego-based company with funding and expertise to rapidly scale production. The minority investment also combines Seasats’ X3 ASV with L3Harris’ capabilities and payloads in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, and electronic warfare. Seasats has nine full-time employees and…

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