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L3Harris Completes Viasat Link 16 Deal; Divesting Geospatial Business Unit

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023

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L3Harris Completes Viasat Link 16 Deal; Divesting Geospatial Business Unit

Viasat Link 16 network visualization. Photo: Viasat

L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Tuesday closed its $2 billion acquisition of Viasat’s [VSAT] Tactical Data Links (TDL) product line, strengthening its focus on the Defense Department’s efforts to link its systems and sensors into single network. The TDL acquisition was announced in October and had been expected to close months from now, but U.S. and allied partner regulators approved the acquisition in December, moving up the closure date. The TDL products, also called Link 16, are integrated on military platforms…

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