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L3Harris eyes up to 12-aircraft EA-37B Compass Call expansion; $2.9B in new US orders expected

The U.S. Air Force plans to add up to 12 aircraft to its existing orderbook for 10 EA-37B Compass Call electronic-attack jets. L3Harris expects a significant share of the follow-on work—projected at $2.9 billion in US orders—supporting accelerated growth of Compass Call EW capacity.

Discovered 2026-05-08T16:09:00.082923-07:00 | 2026-05-08T16:09:00.082923-07:00

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The projected up-to-12 aircraft expansion and $2.9B in expected US orders is a concrete indicator of EA-37B Compass Call scaling pace, with direct implications for EW fleet capacity planning and industrial workload.
For program stakeholders, this follows recent operational signal-setting around early EA-37B combat employment and overseas basing considerations (see USAF uses EA-37B Compass Call in operations against Iran before formal IOC and Two U.S. EA-37B 'Compass Call' jets land at RAF Mildenhall in possible first overseas operational deployment).
It reinforces L3Harris’s near-term order momentum after the platform’s first export order, shaping expectations for follow-on procurement and sustainment investments across the Compass Call life cycle (see EA-37B Compass Call electronic-attack jet wins first export order; USAF follow-on buys expected).

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First Seen: 2026-05-08T16:09:00.082923-07:00
Latest Update: 2026-05-10T17:32:51.753499-07:00
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2026-05-10T17:32:51.753499-07:00

U.S. Air Force plans major expansion of EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack fleet through 2031 • defence-industry.eu

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L3Harris eyes up to 12-aircraft EA-37B Compass Call expansion; $2.9B in new US orders expected

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L3Harris poised to significantly expand EA-37B progamme with $2.9bn in US orders expected

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