HRS Harris Corp.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AUSA Booth 1907 -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading supplier of software-defined tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, has been awarded a $1.9 million contract from the U.S. Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) for Falcon(R) III AN/PRC-152(C) multiband handheld radios. The radios will be deployed to satisfy the U.S. Navy's urgent operational requirement to support Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) and Naval Coastal Warfare Group operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Harris AN/PRC-152(C) is a next-generation, multiband handheld radio that offers military users advanced capabilities for critical operational requirements. The AN/PRC-152(C) is the first NSA-certified radio to implement the government's Software Communications Architecture (SCA). This architecture, along with the embedded Harris Sierra(TM) II software programmable encryption module, can easily be upgraded to provide additional capabilities in the future. "Our ability to rapidly deliver this extremely capable radio to the Navy's expeditionary forces, coupled with its operational similarities to Falcon(R) II radios already in use within the NECC, played a key role in the Navy's decision to field the AN/PRC-152," said Joe Sternowski, director of government programs, Harris RF Communications Division. 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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