Harris Corporation to Provide Radio Technology for U.S. Army's Stryker Brigade Deployment to Iraq
February 16 2005 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation to Provide Radio Technology for U.S. Army's
Stryker Brigade Deployment to Iraq FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., AUSA
BOOTH #1012, Feb. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), a leading supplier of secure, tactical radios for
defense forces worldwide, today announced that it has been awarded
a contract from the U.S. Army to provide radio equipment as part of
the Army's Matrix remote munitions control system. The Army will
field Matrix in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with its newest
fighting force, the Stryker Brigade, in June of 2005. Matrix is a
portable, battery-operated munitions control system that allows
soldiers to identify an appropriate target and select a proper
defensive attack from a remote location. To respond to a myriad of
situations across the range of military operations and to defeat
attacks against forward operating bases, U.S. forces must have
improved capabilities that enable scalable force protection
measures while enhancing operational and tactical flexibility.
Matrix is ideal for firebase security, landing-zone security, and
both infrastructure and check-point protection. Matrix was
developed by the Army's Project Manager Close Combat Systems and
the Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC),
both based at Picatinny Arsenal, and contractors Alliant
Techsystems and Textron Systems. Harris RF Communications Division
is a leading supplier of secure voice and data communications
products, systems and networks to military, government, and
commercial organizations worldwide. Harris Corporation is an
international communications technology company focused on
providing assured communications(TM) products, systems and services
for government and commercial customers. The company's four
operating divisions serve markets for government communications,
tactical radio, broadcast and microwave systems. Harris provides
systems and service to customers in more than 150 countries.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Susan Giuseppetti, RF Communications Division, +1-585-241-8187, or
, or Tom Hausman, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or ,
both of Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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