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Business Jet Missionization: Decades of Experience

Global leader in business jet ISR aircraft engineering, integration and CLS

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Unmatched, industry-leading 98.4% on-time delivery rate
Aircraft Modernization
Extensive modification and missionization experience on multiple business jet platforms
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Prime contractor for mission system integration for the Presidential aircraft fleet for the United States - trusted to rapidly deliver “no-fail” communications 24/7
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Portfolio with more than 200 Supplemental Type Certificates on commercial aircraft, leveraging its self-protection and antenna integration and installation services to reduce cost and schedule for our customers
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More than 800,000 labor hours designing, building, integrating, testing and certifying Bombardier mission systems
More than 20 bizjet platforms from three OEMs currently in modification
Redesigned, tested and certified seven unique military commercial derivative aircraft in past 10 years

Design, integration and fielding:

  • U.S. Army Airborne Reconnaissance and Electronic Warfare System (ARES)
  • U.S. Army High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) Multi-Domain Sensing System (MDSS)
  • U.S. Air Force Compass Call Cross Deck
  • Royal Australian Air Force MC-55A Peregrine
  • Italian Air Force Joint Airborne Multi-Mission Multi-Sensor System
  • Dassault Falcon 2000 ISR Platform
  • UK Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR)

Decades of Expertise

Our business jet support includes platform modernization and fielding solutions to meet the ever-increasing complexities of ISR collection. For example, we’ve applied more than 800,000 labor hours designing, building, integrating, testing, and certifying mission systems on the Bombardier Global series.

L3Harris uses an advanced certification process combining requirements from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as well as the Air Force Advanced Policy Directives (AFPD) to quickly qualify Military Commercial Derivative Aircraft (MCDA).

L3Harris has held an FAA Organizational Designation Authority (ODA) since 1982, further streamlining the qualification and certification process. Our unique position as an ODA allows initial design, fabrication, and certification approval of aircraft modifications, engineering changes, and Supplemental Type Certificates for modification of civil registered aircraft or military aircraft maintained to civil standards. As a result, L3Harris has redesigned, tested, and certified seven unique MCDA-based ISR platforms over the last 10 years.

In addition to our ODA certification, L3Harris is an FAA Class 4 Unlimited Repair Station with all associated tooling, fabrication, and repair capability. Our facilities include nearly two-million square feet of climate controlled, government-certified hangar space, a world class paint facility, and more than 72,000 square feet of secure facilities giving L3Harris the capacity to complete all modifications and repairs without requiring additional government furnished space.

Our one-of-a-kind Multi-Sensor Test Facility includes a comprehensive anechoic chambers and live over-the-air testing from 1 MHz to 40 GHz in a 100,000 square mile FAA approved testing area, which enables rapid multi-discipline sensor certifications and calibrations, reducing schedule, cost, and flight hours required for final system calibration and certification.

L3Harris has extensive experience with Models Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to improve traceability to system level requirements, reduce errors and defects, improves efficiency, reduce cost, and simplify collaboration and reuse. 

Unlike traditional data-driven documentation, these digital models also allow for virtual prototyping of systems and physics-based simulation. When combined with Agile program processes allow for far more customer/operator feedback early in design phases- resulting in accelerated development schedules and reduced cost to fielding.

In addition to our industry-leading digital engineering practices, L3Harris leverages years of experience with Modular Open System Architectures (MOSA). As a non-traditional Prime integrator, we have designed, fielded, and sustained dozens of platforms leveraging best in class avionics, sensors, radios, datalinks and other mission systems regardless of manufacturer, and without vendor lock. We have invested heavily in modern MOSA systems to ensure compatibility with DOD standards such as Open Mission Systems and Future Airborne Capability Environment, but more importantly understand and embrace the intent of MOSA. We have demonstrated capability to rapidly integrate complex systems using readily available commercial-off-the-shelf components and interfaces to reduce schedule and cost, while remaining Agile and non-rigid in our approaches to MOSA designs.

Related Resources

  • Strategic Airborne ISR System Data Sheet
    Strategic Airborne ISR System Data Sheet
  • RC-135 Data Sheet
    RC-135 Data Sheet
  • ARES and HADES Data Sheet
    ARES and HADES Data Sheet
  • US Air Force EC-37B Cross Deck Data Sheet
    US Air Force EC-37B Cross Deck Data Sheet

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