L3Harris Technologies

L3Harris Technologies
Industry	Aerospace; defense; communications equipment; government contracting
Country	United States
Founded	2019
Headquarters	Melbourne, Florida, United States
Parent company
Status	Active
Verification	Verified Verification status: Verified

Overview

L3Harris Technologies is a U.S.-based aerospace and defense contractor headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, formed in 2019 through the merger of L3 Technologies and Harris Corporation. Public reporting and procurement records describe L3Harris as a vendor for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Boycott

L3Harris Technologies is listed for boycott due to documented contracting and equipment support that materially contributes to ICE investigative and enforcement capacity, including procurement described as supporting ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) operations and mobile-device tracking/surveillance capability.

Procurement reporting and contract summaries describe ICE awarding L3Harris a contract for “technical investigative equipment upgrades” to be utilized by Homeland Security Investigations agents nationwide.

Public reporting and advocacy documentation also describe ICE contracting tied to the capability to locate “targeted mobile handsets,” including a reported contract to provide “equipment to determine the location of targeted mobile handsets to investigate crimes and threats.”

AFSC’s documentation further describes L3Harris/Harris-origin cell-site simulator (“Stingray”/IMSI-catcher) technology being used by immigration enforcement to identify and locate mobile devices, and links this to ICE’s historical and ongoing surveillance usage. Civil-liberties reporting based on ICE records has described ICE deployments of cell-site simulators in 2019 and the scale of their use over that period.

Background

ICE and other DHS components rely heavily on contractors for communications systems, investigative technologies, and surveillance-related tooling. Because this work can expand investigative reach and enforcement capability—including through mobile-device location tracking and related surveillance—ICE List documents and, where applicable, boycotts companies whose contracts and products materially support immigration enforcement operations.