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Air Force

L3Harris and BAE Systems Pitching Funding Add for Four EA-37Bs By FY 2027

Frank Wolfe

Tuesday, April 8th, 2025

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L3Harris and BAE Systems Pitching Funding Add for Four EA-37Bs By FY 2027

Pictured is an EA-37B (L3Harris Technologies Photo)

The sixth EA-37B by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and BAE Systems is to arrive in Waco, Texas this month for integration of BAE's electromagnetic warfare system, as the companies pitch the U.S. Air Force and Congress on more than doubling the current, planned buy of 10 planes--the service program of record. "When you think about countering enemy kill webs, it's no longer a one versus one threat versus technique," Dave Harrold, BAE's vice president and general manager of countermeasure and electromagnetic attack solutions,…

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