Harris Corporation Team Awarded $6.6 Million Airborne Laser Radar Research and Development Contract
June 02 2005 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Team Awarded $6.6 Million Airborne Laser Radar
Research and Development Contract MELBOURNE, Fla., June 2
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) announced
today that it has been awarded a $6.6 million research and
development contract by the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics
Command (CECOM) to develop and demonstrate the Jigsaw Laser Radar
(LADAR) 3D-imaging test-bed system for use on a DP-5X Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The ability to reliably identify targets --
tanks and other vehicles -- hidden under foliage and camouflage was
successfully demonstrated by Harris and MIT-Lincoln Laboratories
during an earlier Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA)-sponsored proof-of-concept Jigsaw study. This demonstration
was followed by the recently completed initiative to design a
smaller, lighter, autonomous, yet better-performing test bed system
suitable for use on a medium-sized UAV. During this latest phase of
the DARPA-sponsored effort, Harris is providing systems integration
services in cooperation with LADAR sensor developer MIT-LL and
DP-5X platform developer Dragonfly Pictures Incorporated. In
addition, the U.S. Army Research Development & Engineering
Command (RDECOM), Communications-Electronics Research Development
and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Night Vision & Electronic
Sensors Directorate (NVESD) is providing test range services and
UH-1 helicopter support for early flight testing; Sarnoff
Corporation is providing sophisticated 3D-image registration
algorithms; and L3Com/Wescam is providing a small, high-performance
turret. This phase includes full implementation of a UAV version of
Jigsaw, followed by experimentation and demonstrations, and
concludes with in-depth analysis of data collected with the
airborne test bed during flight campaigns using the UH-1 helicopter
and DP-5X UAV helicopter. "We are proud of our relationship with
DARPA and NVESD in advancing the state of the art in battlespace
technologies," said Dan Pearson, president of the Department of
Defense (DoD) Programs business unit of Harris Corporation's
Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "Harris and
these agencies share a common vision -- that airborne 3D LADAR will
provide a vital intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
capability on the battlefield of the future, providing operational
value to the warfighter while saving lives." Key elements of the
Jigsaw system include: (1) the next-generation LADAR sensor
subsystem (including a small, low-cost microchip laser and a
photon- counting Geiger avalanche photodiode array) provided by
MIT-LL; (2) complex, 3D image registration algorithms provided by
Sarnoff; and (3) processing, pointing/tracking and high-throughput
payload communications subsystems, along with 3D visualization
tools/image analyst interface software provided by Harris. 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/ .
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management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of
future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are
made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results and future trends to differ
materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Statements about the expected value of
the program to Harris are forward-looking and involve risks and
uncertainties. Other factors that may impact the company's results
and forward-looking statement may be disclosed in the company's
filings with the SEC. Harris disclaims any intention or obligation
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