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Harris Corporation Receives Frost & Sullivan 2005 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading supplier of secure, tactical radios for defense forces worldwide, has been awarded the 2005 Competitive Strategy Leadership Award from Frost & Sullivan. Harris was selected for its outstanding performance in the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) tactical military communications market. Frost & Sullivan presents this award each year to the company that has demonstrated significant gains in the market due to its superior market strategy. According to Frost & Sullivan, "Harris has executed an innovative strategy within the existing competitive landscape, empowering the company to overtake the competition. Its strategy of strengthening its line of communication products by filling an immediate operational need and participating in the development of the Joint Tactical Radio System has paid off handsomely in the U.S. government markets." "With this award, Frost & Sullivan has recognized Harris' market strategy, which focuses on meeting the evolving needs of our customers," said Dana Mehnert, vice president and general manager of business development and operations, Harris RF Communications Division. "We're proud to be supplying the Falcon(R) II family of radios, which is flexible enough to meet the needs of the warfighter today and engineered to meet their rapidly changing requirements in the future." Commenting on Harris' recent contract award for HF radios from the U.S. Marine Corps, Brad Curran, Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst, says, "The flexibility of the HF frequency spectrum gives maneuvering units increased connectivity, especially since the satellite communication channels are so congested. HF has the ability to project over mountains and urban areas, bounce off the ionosphere, and come back down, making it extremely useful for over-the-horizon communications." Harris' AN/PRC-117F radio also is highly useful for enabling access to a broad range of communication modes and can replace several legacy line-of- sight and tactical satellite communication radios. It is interoperable with current systems such as HaveQuick, Single Channel Ground to Air Radio System (SINCGARS), Satellite Communications, and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA), with a Very High Frequency/Ultra High Frequency (VHF/UHF) range of 30 MHz to 512 MHz. The Harris AN/PRC-117F can be utilized in both wide and narrow bands. This flexibility helps military teams to use it for a variety of communication needs, including inter-team radio communications, which simplifies equipment and battery requirements. "The 117F has the capability of a SINCGARS radio, a UHF PRC-113 HaveQuick, and a DAMA radio with satellite communications that go up to 56 kilobits in two different modes," observes Curran. "With U.S. forces moving toward the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), interim radios such as the AN/PRC-150 and 117F are central to the process, and essential for continued operational success," notes Curran. "They are now available with software reprogrammable capabilities that bridge the gap between legacy and new tactical military communication systems." Harris' participation in JTRS development includes a significant role in the Cluster I and Airborne Maritime Fixed (AMF) programs. Harris also has a contract with the JTRS Joint Program Office for implementation of COMSEC algorithms into the Harris high-performance Sierra(TM) II programmable encryption module. Harris manpack radio equipment was previously selected by the Joint Program Office under its Phase IIB Software Communication Architecture (SCA) compliance testing to validate waveforms under development. In addition, Harris has developed a multiband handheld Intra/Inter Team Radio that is undergoing National Security Agency (NSA) communications security certification to meet the Software Defined Radio (SDR) needs of the services for a JTRS-capable handheld radio. About Harris 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 Tom Hausman, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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