U.S. Marines Use Harris Corporation Secure Wireless Network Technology for Tsunami Relief Efforts
March 01 2005 - 9:01AM
PR Newswire (US)
U.S. Marines Use Harris Corporation Secure Wireless Network
Technology for Tsunami Relief Efforts MELBOURNE, Fla., March 1
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today
announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is using its secure wireless
local area network (SWLAN) products for tsunami relief efforts in
South Asia. The products will be used by the Marines that are part
of the Combined Support Force 536 (CSF-536) in U'tapao, Thailand.
CSF-536 is currently assisting the people of Thailand, Sri Lanka
and Indonesia in their recovery from the devastating December 2004
tsunamis. The Harris SecNet 11(R) Plus PC Card, designed for secure
wireless data, video and voice over IP (VoIP) transmission, will
enhance the safety of Marines by enabling secure communication
networks within the Marines' Command and Control headquarters.
"SecNet 11 was chosen because it is the only NSA-approved
application that could readily meet the needs of the Marine Corps,"
said Master Gunnery Sergeant Mark Clemmons, III Marine
Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan. "With this system, we are able
to move into a location, set up and program, apply the needed
COMSEC fills up to the Secret level, and be up and running in a
fraction of the time it would take to set up Secure Internet
Protocol Routing in a wired network environment and get it
accredited to military standards. We also now have the benefit of
configuring large command centers with flexibility and security
without requiring miles of wires." Under the terms of the contract,
Harris is supplying 160 SecNet 11 Plus PC cards, 10 SecNet Wireless
Bridges, key fill cables, spares, carrying cases and mounting
brackets. The equipment will provide secure control over the entire
Concept of Operations, from command and control to the logistical,
integration and intelligence apparatus. "We are very pleased that
the Marines have selected Harris to provide the high levels of
security, mobility and flexibility that they require for this
operation," said Russ Haney, president of the National Programs
business unit of Harris Corporation's Government Communications
Systems Division (GCSD). "SecNet 11 is providing secure and
non-secure command and control over the extended CSF-536 network,
covering the entire compound and more than 200 users within an
extremely dynamic environment." SecNet 11 Plus is the centerpiece
of a family of SecNet 11 products that offers everything needed to
support a SWLAN infrastructure for a wide range of command and
control operational scenarios. The Harris SecNet 11 Plus PC Card is
the only NSA-certified, 802.11b wireless Network Interface Card
employing Type 1 cryptography that is capable of delivering secure
data, video, and VoIP at the Secret level at a data rate of 11
Megabits-per-second. Its Type 1 encryption capability secures the
entire IEEE 802.11b packet, which provides secure communication of
data and network header information (COMSEC and NETSEC) for all
network layers. "While SecNet 11 has been used in Iraq and
Afghanistan, this is the first time that we know of that the system
has been deployed on a scale of this magnitude within the Marine
Corps," added Clemmons. Incorporating the Harris Sierra(R)
Encryption Module, SecNet 11 Plus enables government agencies to
use commercial, state-of-the-art wireless LAN technology in a
secure environment. By embedding the cryptographic circuitry into
the SecNet 11 Plus PC Card, the need for costly, externally wired
encryption equipment is completely eliminated, thereby enabling
users to quickly assemble a network and maintain wireless
communications-on-the-move, anywhere in the world. Harris GCSD, one
of four divisions within Harris Corporation, conducts advanced
research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports
state-of-the-art, assured communications(TM) solutions and
information systems that solve the mission-critical challenges of
its military and government customers, while serving as the
technology base for the company's diverse commercial businesses.
Harris Corporation, which also provides tactical radio, microwave,
and broadcast products and systems, serves customers in more than
150 countries. For more information, visit http://www.harris.com/ .
Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris:
http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation
CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications Systems
Division, +1-321-727-6514, , or Tom Hausman, Corporate Headquarters
+1-321-727-9131, , both of Harris Corporation Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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