Harris Corporation Selected for Phase One of Quint Networking Technology Program
August 22 2005 - 10:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a world leader in weapon data links and
anti-jam GPS technologies for precision munitions, today announced
that it is one of two companies to receive a nine-month, $3.5
million contract for the Quint Networking Technology (QNT) program.
QNT is a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency- led (DARPA)
technology program to produce a very small and modular digital
communications system for a variety of ground and airborne
applications. The program is being funded by DARPA, the U.S. Navy
and the U.S. Air Force. "We are very pleased that Harris has been
selected to participate in the QNT program," said Dan Pearson,
president of the Department of Defense business unit of Harris
Corporation's Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD).
"Harris has a compelling and successful track record in the
development of communications networks and weapon data links for
munitions such as the U.S. Navy Standoff Land Attack Missile
(SLAM). Applying this expertise to the QNT program will provide
Internet Protocol-based (IP) connectivity that reaches the 'network
edge.'" QNT will be used by dismounted air controllers and
incorporated into weapons and small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)
so that these platforms can network with tactical aircraft and
unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) in order to better
synchronize airborne and ground activities, as well as provide
enhanced targeting information. The program will combine hardware
miniaturization and special software to enable ad hoc bandwidth
allocation to meet the dynamic demands of combat operations. Harris
is leading a team composed of ViaSat, L-3 Communications, The
Boeing Company, Lockheed Martin, BBN, Cybernet Systems, Innovative
Concepts and Vanu. The team's solution leverages its advanced
capabilities in communications technologies to provide QNT network
and terminal solutions. The combined team's capabilities include
software-defined radios, mobile ad hoc networks, the Joint Tactical
Radio System (JTRS), the Multi-functional Information Distribution
System (MIDS), and the Common Data Link (CDL) to provide QNT
network and terminal solutions. Harris GCSD, one of five 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 , or Tom
Hausman, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or , both of
Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
http://www.careers.harris.com/
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