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L3Harris CEO Points to Company Investments in Startups Due to Shield Capital Partnership

L3Harris CEO Points to Company Investments in Startups Due to Shield Capital Partnership
Pictured is an L3Harris T7 Multi-Mission Robotics System during U.S. Air Force training on Aug. 25, 2022, at Eglin AFB, Fla. Hurlburt Field and Eglin AFB were among the first Explosive Ordnance Disposal units in the Air Force to deploy the new robot, the Air Force said at the time (U.S. Air Force Photo)

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.--L3Harris Technologies [LHX] has leveraged startup firms' technology advances due to a Shield Capital-L3Harris partnership announced in March, 2022, L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik told reporters at the Air and Space Forces Association's (AFA) Air, Space, and Cyber annual conference. The Shield Capital agreement with L3Harris is to give the latter access to "emerging defense and commercial technologies that address customers’ growing requirements for innovative, agile solutions that can be rapidly fielded," L3Harris has said. "As of today, we…

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