L3 Sponsors MIT Beaver Works Summer Institute
July 16 2018 - 12:00PM
Business Wire
– Company Builds on Its Continuing Support of
STEM Initiatives –
L3 Technologies (NYSE:LLL) announced today that it is has become
a sponsor of MIT Beaver Works in support of its 2018 Summer
Institute. The four-week program, now in its third year, brings
together some of the nation’s most promising high school students
to showcase their talents and work in teams that focus on a range
of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) projects.
“Innovation drives our company, and supporting STEM initiatives
that nurture tomorrow’s standout engineers is a solid investment in
our industry. L3 is a data-driven, inclusive culture, and we
continue to build on our legacy of supporting STEM education to
deliver next-generation technologies to our customers,” said Paul
De Lia, L3’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer.
“Supporting institutions like MIT also helps us attract world-class
engineers who deepen our bench of talent. The students can
appreciate the increasingly competitive role technology is playing
in bringing innovation to market quickly and reliably.”
Created as an incubator for research and innovation, Cambridge,
Massachusetts-based Beaver Works is a joint venture between MIT’s
Lincoln Laboratory and its School of Engineering. Seniors work with
MIT faculty, students, researchers and Lincoln Lab staff to develop
their skills and solve real-world technology challenges in a
hands-on learning environment. Projects for this summer’s program
include designing an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), exploring
embedded security and hardware hacking, designing and launching a
miniaturized satellite – called a CubeSat – with an imaging
payload, and building a UAV synthetic aperture radar, among several
others.
The 2018 Beaver Works Summer Institute worked with 110 high
schools to recruit 198 students to participate in the program.
Headquartered in New York City, L3 Technologies employs
approximately 31,000 people worldwide and is a leading provider of
a broad range of communication, electronic and sensor systems used
on military, homeland security and commercial platforms. L3 is also
a prime contractor in aerospace systems, security and detection
systems, and pilot training. The company reported 2017 sales of
$9.6 billion.
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