M&A Deal Summary

L3Harris Acquires Air Traffic Control

On June 19, 2009, L3Harris acquired communications company Air Traffic Control from Solacom Technologies

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is L3Harris’ 8th transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is L3Harris’ 2nd transaction in Canada.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2009-06-19
Target Air Traffic Control
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) L3Harris
Sellers(s) Solacom Technologies
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Air Traffic Control

Canada
Air Traffic Control (ATC) business unit of SolaCom Technologies, Inc. Provides voice and data communication systems and solutions for air traffic facilities and radio communications between airplanes in flight and air traffic controllers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

L3Harris

Melbourne, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 1895
Sector Defense
Employees47,000
Revenue 21.3B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to L3Harris' corporate headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.
Entrance to L3Harris' corporate headquarters in Melbourne, Florida.

L3 Harris is a producer of communications products, systems and services for global markets, including RF communications, integrated network solutions and government communications systems. L3Harris Technologies was founded in 1895 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 19 of 30
Sector (Communications) 8 of 11
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (Canada) 2 of 2
Year (2009) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-04-16 Crucial Security

Chantilly, Virginia, United States

Crucial Security offers an array of mission-enabling engineering solutions that address both offensive and defensive IT security challenges. The company provides critical support to federal law enforcement and other U.S. government agencies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-11-16 Patriot Technologies

King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Patriot Technologies LLC a provider of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare IT, imaging, and enterprise software solutions. Harris is a leader in federal healthcare information systems integration, imaging and digital content management solutions supporting the Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Federal Health Architecture.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Solacom Technologies

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Communications
DESCRIPTION

Solacom Technologies, Inc. provides the most flexible, user-centric voice, data, and video emergency call management solutions for public safety answering points (PSAPs). All our solutions are engineered and purpose-built to provide complete call management and control for any emergency call, from any device, at any time, from anywhere, and in any format voice, data, and video.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 1
Year (2009) 1 of 1