Analysts say they expect additional consolidation following L3-Harris merger

By Marjorie Censer / October 18, 2018 at 1:08 PM
Analysts said this week they don't expect the planned merger of Harris and L3 Technologies to generate antitrust concerns and said the deal is likely to spur additional consolidation. Loren Thompson, a defense industry consultant, told Inside Defense he doesn't see any "major antitrust concerns." "L3 kind of got in under the threshold because it wasn't quite big enough to be one of the big six," he said, referencing indications the Pentagon gave previously that it would not...

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