BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — The largest aerospace and defense company in Florida has plans to expand its operations.

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Now, the city of Palm Bay and Brevard County are considering 10-year tax breaks that would help L3Harris Technologies offset the cost of building construction.

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The expansion would come with hundreds of high-paying jobs with an average salary of more than $100,000 a year.

L3Harris is considering either expanding its Palm Bay campus, or in one of several other locations for its $70 million dollar production facility for building and testing space hardware.

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There’s also a proposed $110 million facility to support advance manufacturing technologies. Together, the projects are expected to create 200 high-paying jobs.

Brevard County commissioners will discuss a proposal to offset costs with a roughly $7 million tax break over the next 10 years during a meeting Tuesday night.

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