L3 LATITUDE, LLC

Aerospace · Acquired by L3 Technologies (2018)

Autonomous aerial survey system using drones to map wildfire burn areas and assess soil damage for watershed recovery

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Updated Oct 23, 2026

Sector: Aerospace
Total capital: $5.2M

Federal grants: $100K; 1 award · 2016; Rank in peer group#35 of 181
Private capital raised: None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
Federal contracts: $5.1M; 29 awards · Interior, Defense, NASA; Rank in Aerospace#328 of 1335
Granted patents: 3; first 2021; Rank in peer group#25 of 181

Capital timeline

Latest events

Aug 2022Federal contractCommerce · Lease Of The FVR-55 And UAV Pilot Flight Services.$171K
Jul 2020Federal contractNASA · Manufacture&modification Of HQ-90C Unmanned Air Vehicle Including Custom Nose Payload Bay And Custom Wings$470K
Apr 2020Federal contractDefense · Research And Development$855K
Sep 2019Federal contractCommerce · Unmanned Aircraft System$662K
Dec 2018Federal contractNASA · UAV H-10 Parts, Materials, Piccolo Sl Autopilot,&training$120K
May 2018Federal contractCommerce · This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II For FY2017'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 17-086 Entitled "HQ-55 Vtol UAS For Ship Based Operation."$400K
Oct 2017Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf Hybrid Quadrotor Training Pr# 57-1072-17$8K

Show 23 earlier federal awards

Jun 2017Federal contractCommerce · Igf::ot::igf "other Functions" - This Award Is For The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I For FY2017'S Program Announcement For The Technology Partnerships Office Under The Office Of Atmospheric Research In Silver Spring, Md. This Award Is For Proposal 17-1-086 Entitled "HQ-55 Vtol UAS For Ship Based Operation."$120K
Oct 2016Federal contractDefense · Hybrid Quadrator$98K
Aug 2016Federal contractDefense · Igf::ot::igf This Effort Is For The Preparation For And Demonstration Of An Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Navigation.$25K
Aug 2016Federal grantAgriculture · Autonomous Aerial Survey Of Wildfire Burn Areas To Aid Post-fire Damage Assessments Of Soil Resources And Mitigation Efforts For Watershed Recovery$100K
May 2016Federal contractCommerce · Conduct Test Flights Of HQ-40 Unmanned Aerial System From The Noaa Ship Oscar Elton Sette. 3.IGF::OT::IGF$35K
May 2014Federal contractDefense · SBIR Pi Latitude Engineering Awd$80K
Apr 2014Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Proposed Innovation Is A Low-cost, Retrievable And Reusable, Autonomously Guided Dropsonde Capable Of Deploying From A Host Aircraft And Performing In-situ Atmospheric Measurements. We Have Decided To Name This Platform The Navsonde An Autonomously Navigable Sonde-glider. The Proposed Effort Focuses On The Engineering Work Involved With The Retrieval Of High Altitude Volcanic Ash Plume Samples Using This Autonomously Guided Dropsonde. Small Scale Particulate Sampling Equipment F$747K
Sep 2013Federal contractNASA · Basic Tracking Antenna And Accessories$16K
May 2013Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf The Proposed Innovation Is A Low-cost, Retrievable And Reusable, Autonomously Guided Dropsonde Capable Of In-situ Atmospheric Measurements. The Proposed Effort Will Focus On The Engineering Work Involved With The Retrieval Of Volcanic Ash Plume Samples. This Work Will Build Upon A Previous NASA SBIR Phase I Project Latitude Engineering Completed In 2011: The Development Of An Advanced Guided Dropsonde (agd). Though The Tested Prototype Received Favorable Reviews, Funding Restructur$125K
Sep 2012Federal contractDefense · Avo/ep Support_flight Support$141K
Sep 2012Federal contractNASA · Laser Altimeter Sensor$5K
Jun 2012Federal contractDefense · Avo/ep Support Flight Support$62K
Nov 2011Federal contractDefense · Labor To Install Equipment$92K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Above Ground Laser Altimeters$8K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Flight Operations Support$25K
Aug 2011Federal contractDefense · Labor To Retrofit And Test$37K
Feb 2011Federal contractNASA · Given The Constraints Associated With Current Airborne Host Platforms, A Technological Solution Is Needed For Efficiently Obtaining Meteorological Data At Targeted Locations And Altitudes. A Combination Of Using Manned And Unmanned Aircraft With Guided Dropsondes Is A Promising And Achievable Path Forward For Meeting This Need. Guided Dropsondes Have Significant Implications To Advance Research In Nearly All Scientific Disciplines Requiring In Situ Atmospheric Measurements. Compared To Conventio$100K
Sep 2010Federal contractDefense · Aircraft$25K
Sep 2009Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$452K
Mar 2009Federal contractInterior · Wave Relay Board Design, Installation, And Testing$28K
Jun 2008Federal contractDefense · Point Of Contact John Osterndorf,$65K
May 2008Federal contractDefense · Research And Development In The Physical, Engineering, And Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)$100K
Sep 2007Federal contractInterior · Computerized Video And Telemetry Data System And Software With Stabilized Gimbal For Unmanned Aerial Vehicle$63K

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Standing among 181 peers

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Aerospace · System

Federal grants#35 · top 19%
Granted patents#25 · top 14%

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Checked: USPTO inventors; federal award principal investigators; SEC Form D related persons · Oct 23, 2026

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What it has protected

USPTO · 3 granted of 3

Nov 23, 2021GrantedCombined Pitch And Forward Thrust Control For Unmanned Aircraft SystemsUSPTOUS 11,181,932
Sep 14, 2021GrantedWind Finding And Compensation For Unmanned Aircraft SystemsUSPTOUS 11,119,505
Aug 17, 2021GrantedCombined Pitch And Forward Thrust Control For Unmanned Aircraft SystemsUSPTOUS 11,092,974

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Regulatory activity · Aerospace

Sector-level, not company-level

06 Jul 2026Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of NASA-Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964National Aeronautics and Space Administration
01 Jul 2026Special Conditions: AMAC Aerospace, The Boeing Company Model 747- 8 Airplane; Side-Facing SeatsFederal Aviation Administration
26 Jun 2026Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, and Takeoff Minimums and Obstacle Departure Procedures; Miscellaneous AmendmentsFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at John F. Kennedy International AirportFederal Aviation Administration
23 Jun 2026Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia AirportFederal Aviation Administration
18 Jun 2026Special Conditions: Honeywell Aerospace US LLC, Dassault Aviation Model Falcon 900EX Airplane; Electronic System Security Protection From Unauthorized External AccessFederal Aviation Administration

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Sources

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SEC Form D filings through Oct 23, 2026. SBIR and STTR awards through Oct 21, 2026.