Harris Systems Limited Selected to Provide Next-Generation Cryptography for the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence CHIM(P) Progr
January 23 2006 - 10:21AM
PR Newswire (US)
WINNERSH, United Kingdom, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Systems Limited, a wholly owned UK subsidiary of Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), has been awarded a contract from the United Kingdom
Ministry of Defence (UK MOD) for the Common-Good High-Grade INFOSEC
Module (Programmable), or CHIM(P), programme. The contract is
valued at approximately 4 million pounds (approximately $7 million
U.S.). The CHIM(P) programme will introduce a reprogrammable Core
Cryptographic Module (CCM) and the first of the next-generation
multipurpose, reconfigurable End Cryptographic Units (ECUs) into
the UK MOD equipment inventory during 2007 for both enhanced link
and Internet Protocol (IP) packet encryption applications. The
CHIM(P) programme is based upon the Harris Sierra(TM) II
Programmable Cryptographic Module and will provide cryptographic
protection to the TOP SECRET UK EYES ONLY classification. The
Harris CHIM(P) CCM and ECU will be formally evaluated by CESG, the
UK National Technical Authority for high-assurance applications.
"The selection of the Harris Sierra II Programmable Cryptographic
Module as the security solution for the CHIM(P) programme is a
further recognition of its advanced technology and superior
performance," said Paul Taylor, secure products business manager,
Harris Systems Limited. Harris Systems Limited is a leading
supplier of secure voice and data communications products, systems,
and networks to military, government, and commercial organizations
worldwide. 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/. First Call Analyst: FCMN
Contact: DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Susan Sheppard, RF
Communications Division, +1-585-241-8187, or , or Brent Dietz,
Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-724-3554, or , both of Harris
Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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