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L3Harris Books $121 Million in Army Data Radio Production Orders

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L3Harris Technologies (LHX ) has received multiple U.S. Army production orders with a combined value of US$121 million for its Low-Cost Data Radio system, according to a company announcement dated November 2, 2026. The system, abbreviated LOCODA, is intended to support Army Command and Control requirements.

Chris Aebli, president of Communications & Spectrum Dominance at L3Harris, said the system uses existing installation kits for vehicle communications. “Our LOCODA solution leverages existing installation kits to rapidly field an enhanced version of vehicle communications, which allow battlefield commanders to access Army Command and Control applications with multiple transport options from a single platform quickly and with minimal training,” Aebli said.

He said reusing the kits to support new and emerging requirements would save the Army time and money while providing a more powerful capability than previously fielded. L3Harris continues to address the Army’s requirements for data and voice at the edge with options tailored to mission requirements.

Radio and Waveform Support

LOCODA will support narrowband and wideband waveforms and anti-jam capabilities. Support also includes low probability of intercept/low probability of detection waveforms, Mobile Ad Hoc Network Technology waveforms and Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems.

Company-Described Command and Control Architecture

Separately, L3Harris’ Army Command and Control capability page defines the initiative as an Army effort to build open, modular, data-centric command-and-control architectures with division-level scalability and resilience under contested conditions.

L3Harris describes resilient transport as assured connectivity across multiple domains when spectrum is congested, terrain obstructs communications or adversaries attempt to deny access. Its adaptive-transport approach combines line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight networks with redundant options. Its radios can sense changing conditions, select the best available path and fail over seamlessly.

For data handling, L3Harris describes radios functioning as data routers, with computing embedded at the edge, to integrate raw data into usable information and create a shared operating picture for commanders. The page also describes containerized systems on vehicles and dismount platforms brokering, normalizing and fusing local data streams so mission applications remain useful when bandwidth is degraded.

L3Harris said software-defined upgrades, multi-transport diversity and gateway functionality keep battlefield applications flowing without interruption. Its gateway description centers on using multiple means of transport to move mission applications across resilient networks, with radios differentiated for mission scale, form factor and survivability.

The order announcement does not disclose the number of radios covered, the delivery schedule or the values assigned to the individual production orders.

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