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State Department Approves $281 Million Sale Of L3Harris Radios To Germany

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 28th, 2024

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State Department Approves $281 Million Sale Of L3Harris Radios To Germany

The software defined AN/PRC-117G multiband networking manpack radio. (Photo: L3Harris Technologies)

The State Department on Wednesday said it has approved a potential $281 million foreign military sale to Germany of high-frequency, very-high frequency, and ultra-high frequency radios and related equipment supplied by L3Harris Technologies [LHX]. Notification of the proposed sale of the manpack tactical AN/PRC-117 and AN/PRC-160 radios was delivered to Congress by the Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency. The company’s Global Communications, Inc. business unit in Rochester, N.Y., is leading the effort. The sale would also include spare and repair…

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