Harris Corporation Awarded $1.9 Million Contract from USCENTCOM to Provide Activity Sensors and Systems Integration Services
December 13 2005 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) announced today that it has been awarded a
contract to supply the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM)
with activity sensors as part of the Persistent Surveillance
Unattended Ground Sensor (UGS) Program. Harris will provide
USCENTCOM's component commands and the Joint Special Operations
Command with Silent Watch(TM) Remote Intrusion Detection systems.
The contract was awarded to Harris by Networld Exchange of
Carlsbad, California via its Open Market Corridor (OMC), a
web-based contract vehicle sponsored by the Department of
Interior/National Business Center. The Silent Watch system was
developed specifically for the USCENTCOM UGS program and is an
outgrowth of the recently announced Harris Falcon Watch(TM) sensor
product line. The Silent Watch system utilizes the Falcon Watch
RF-5405 Intelligent Gateway, a communications node which receives
alarms from multiple sensors and fuses the data into actionable
reports for satellite-based relay to command centers. "Most
activity sensors in use today were developed to be operational for
only 30 days after placement, but new minimum requirements, such as
for USCENTCOM UGS, call for an operational lifespan of 90 to 180
days," said George Helm, vice president, Growth Programs, Harris RF
Communications Division. "The Harris Silent Watch sensor systems
will meet or exceed the lifetime requirements while providing more
functionality to better identify and reject false target reports."
The UGS systems will be used to monitor borders and perimeters in
USCENTCOM's Areas of Responsibility (AOR), which stretch from the
Horn of Africa to Central Asia. The Harris systems take advantage
of the company's expertise in designing robust algorithms for
products to be used in a data network for tactical environments.
"We are extremely pleased that our first contract for sensor
systems is with USCENTCOM and we look forward to working with them
to rapidly field these new sensor systems in support of the joint
forces command," continued Helm. The Harris RF Communications
Division Sensor Systems Group designs, integrates, and implements
remote intrusion detection solutions for a variety of
mission-critical applications requiring long operational life and
low false-alarm rates. Harris is an international communications
and information technology company serving government and
commercial markets in more than 150 countries. With headquarters in
Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual sales of over $3 billion
and has more than 13,000 employees -- including 5,500 engineers and
scientists -- dedicated to the development of best-in-class assured
communications(TM) products, systems, and services. The company's
operating divisions serve markets for government communications, RF
communications, broadcast communications, and microwave
communications. Additional information about Harris Corporation is
available at http://www.harris.com/ . DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Brent Dietz, Corporate Headquarters,
+1-321-724-3554, or , or Susan Sheppard, RF Communications
Division, +1-585-241-8187, or , both of Harris Corporation Web
site: http://www.harris.com/
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