HRS Harris Corp.

Certification is a Key Milestone in Addressing HF E-mail Interoperability PARIS, June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (Eurosatory booth 78) Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that the RF-6760W Wireless Message Terminal (WMT) software product received Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) certification for its NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 5066 implementation. JITC testing was completed at the HF Test Facility in Fort Huachuca, Arizona for the Compressed File Transport Protocol (CFTP) and HF Mail Transport Protocol (HMTP) implementations as defined in NATO STANAG 5066 v1.2. "Solutions that conform to military standards have never been more important to our customers, many of whom are operating in a coalition environment," said Ted Knowles, senior manager, international product operations. "Achievement of this milestone further reinforces our commitment to meeting the interoperability requirements of our customers." The Harris Wireless Message Terminal is deployed in more than 30 countries worldwide, including 20 NATO and 15 Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations. The software efficiently directs error-free messages, files, images, and other data from one network node to another over various transmission media including HF, VHF, UHF, or landline. Users compose and receive e-mail messages using a standard mail client such as Microsoft Outlook(R) or Outlook Express. The RF-6760W can be integrated with commercial e-mail servers to provide a complete battlefield messaging infrastructure. 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 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 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: Susan Sheppard, RF Communications Division, +1-585-241-8187, or , or Brent Dietz, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-724-3554, or , both of Harris Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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