Harris Corporation Introduces Falcon(R) III Multiband Manpack Radio
October 09 2006 - 12:13PM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AUSA booth 1907 --
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has introduced the Falcon(R) III
multiband, multimission, manpack tactical radio. This addition to
the Falcon III family of tactical radios provides significant new
capabilities, including wideband secure networking, a four-fold
increase in frequency range to 2 GHz, and a significant reduction
in weight and size compared to competitive products. With its
extended frequency coverage, Falcon(R) III combines traditional
multiband radio features with new capabilities such as commercial
L-Band SATCOM and wideband mobile ad-hoc networking. "The Falcon
III multiband radio platform offers a significant leap in
networking reliability, data throughput rates, and miniaturization
for our customers and brings future capabilities to the market
now," said Dana Mehnert, president, Harris RF Communications
Division. "These advanced capabilities allow data-intensive
applications to be used in situations that were never before
practical. It not only provides our customers with significantly
more capabilities than current radios, but also is designed to
quickly accommodate new waveforms as they become available to
address their future requirements. This radio significantly extends
networking and situational awareness for our customers." The Falcon
III manpack radio is a companion radio to the AN/PRC-152(C)
multiband handheld and AN/VRC-110 vehicular radios, introduced in
calendar year 2005. With an extended range, Software Communications
Architecture (SCA) operating environment, and significant
processing power, it will accommodate new waveforms for networking,
TACSAT, and public safety interoperability. The manpack radio
incorporates the Harris Advanced Networking Wideband Waveform
(ANW2) to provide secure IP data networking to the tactical
Internet at on-air rates up to 10 megabits per second. The high
data rate capability, coupled with mobile ad-hoc networking,
automated network establishment and maintenance, and integrated IP
Security (IPSEC), provides a powerful networking solution. Because
the radios utilize the SCA operating environment, future networking
waveforms can be incorporated as they are developed and released.
The Falcon III manpack radio provides 20 watts of output power -
twice as much as similar-sized radios - and it includes embedded
encryption for voice and data. Additionally, the radio includes an
embedded, military-grade GPS receiver for timing and situational
awareness. 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 $3.5 billion and nearly
14,000 employees - including more than 6,000 engineers and
scientists - dedicated to the development of best-in-class, assured
communications(TM) products, systems, software, 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: Kevin Aman, RF Communications Division,
+1-585-241-8186, 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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