Harris Corporation Awarded $12.5 Million Contract by The Boeing Company for F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Distributed Targeting Proces
August 08 2006 - 10:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Aug. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a world leader in advanced avionics for
military aircraft, today announced that it has been awarded a
9-month, $12.5 million contract by Boeing Integrated Defense
Systems to provide the Distributed Targeting Processor (DTP) and
the companion Mass Storage Unit (MSU) for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F
Super Hornet aircraft. The DTP and MSU will provide significant
capability improvement in the area of network-centric operations
for the Super Hornet. They will work together to effectively
shorten the time from target sensing to shooting and will enhance
precision targeting by applying advanced geo-referencing
capabilities. "Avionics programs associated with the Super Hornet
are a core business for Harris and we are very pleased that Boeing
has selected us once again to play a key role on this advanced
aircraft platform," said Sheldon Fox, vice president and general
manager of the Department of Defense Programs business unit of the
Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "The DTP and MSU
development represents a product area expansion for Harris. We
expect that similar technology will be used to upgrade onboard
mission- and image- processing capabilities of other military
airborne platforms going forward." Boeing previously awarded Harris
contracts for advanced avionics work supporting the Super Hornet
aircraft, including programs to develop the Fibre Channel Network
Switch (FCNS) for the aircraft, as well as the development of the
Tactical Airborne Moving Map Capability (TAMMAC) Digital Video Map
Computer (DVMC) -- a high-resolution mapping system -- and its
complementary Digital Memory Device (DMD) for cockpit data loading
capability. This effort will significantly enhance the Super Hornet
flight crew's situational awareness and provide smaller, lighter,
faster, higher-capacity, fiber-optic networking equipment on board
the aircraft. Harris Government Communications Systems Division
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 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 $3.5 billion
and nearly 14,000 employees -- including 5,500 engineers and
scientists. The company's four operating divisions serve markets
for government communications, RF communications, broadcast
communications, and microwave communications. 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 Brent Dietz, Corporate
Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or , both of Harris Corporation Web
site: http://www.harris.com/
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