. >>> after the break don't miss our exclusive with l3harris ceo chris kubasik.ome back to "squawk on the street" defense contractor l3harris agreeing to buy aerojet rocketdyne in a cash deal valued at $4.7 billion after lockheed martin's attempt to buy was abandoned after regulators sued to block that deal later this year today shares of l3harris and air o aerojet are moving in different directions but joining us on set is l3harris' ceo chris kubasik great to have you back tell me how your deal to acquire aerojet came together. >> first of all, morgan, i think this ties in perfectly with the strategy i laid out four years ago, starting with the merger. we wanted to build a company to provide more competition for the department of defense. so the fact that we're growing organically and inorganically is not a big surprise this is going to benefit the customers, the share holders and the employees. the customers want to strengthen competition and bolster the defense industrial base and this acquisition does it. aerojet rocketdyne being part of l3harris we have the