Harris Corporation's Advanced EHF Navy Multiband Terminal Prototype First to Communicate with Milstar During Simulated High-Sea
January 22 2007 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has become the first company to
complete a point-to-point Milstar satellite call under full-motion
dynamics that simulate high-sea shipboard conditions using an
Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) Navy Multiband Terminal
prototype system. Harris successfully logged onto, communicated
with, and tracked a Milstar satellite ahead of schedule in
preparation for a U.S. Navy contract expected to be awarded June
2007. If selected, the value to Harris could exceed $1 billion by
2015. "This milestone achievement clearly demonstrates our
prototype terminal's ability to be recognized by and communicate
effectively with Milstar satellites while in full platform motion,"
said Sheldon Fox, vice president and general manager of Department
of Defense Programs, Harris Government Communications Systems
Division. "Success in the prototype phase, coupled with Harris'
legacy as the provider of the Navy's current generation of
multiband, super-high-frequency wideband terminals, uniquely
qualifies us as a leading Navy Multiband Terminal supplier." This
milestone follows the company's recent announcements that it was
the first to successfully acquire and track low- and medium- data
rate waveforms on, and uplink to, the Milstar satellite using the
same prototype terminal. An SCA 2.2.1-compliant software
programmable modem developed by Harris was instrumental in all
three successful demonstrations. Once fielded, the terminal will
serve as the common element of naval information networks,
providing interconnection of individual naval assets with other
services and eventually with the Global Information Grid. Log-on to
the Milstar satellite was performed at the Harris Naval SATCOM
Integration and Test Facility in Palm Bay, Florida, utilizing a
KGV-136, the newest generation cryptographic unit. Coupled with an
earlier demonstration of the new, extended data rate (XDR)
waveforms and the Milstar uplink and downlink capability, this
latest demonstration confirms that Harris is on plan to provide
U.S. Navy ship, submarine and shore installations with full access
to the communications capacity provided by the AEHF satellite
constellation. All Harris terminals -- shore, submarine periscope,
submarine mast and shipboard -- now have the capability to
communicate with the Milstar satellite while under high sea
conditions. The successful demonstrations are the culmination of
three years of waveform design and hardware/software development as
part of the AEHF Navy Multiband Terminal program. Harris won a
contract in 2003 to develop four prototypes for the next-
generation AEHF Navy Multiband Terminal for the U.S. Space and
Naval Warfare Systems Command. The first phase of the program is a
43-month effort to design and develop prototype Q-band SATCOM
submarine and shipboard terminals in support of the U.S. Navy's
FORCEnet concept. The new terminals will provide the Navy with a
modernized, highly reliable system that provides more than four
times the data capacity of today's Milstar terminals. Additional
phases will add high-performance Ka- and X-band capabilities to the
common terminal. The resulting system will replace current single-
and dual-band terminals, yielding significant lifecycle cost
reductions and improved reliability. This approach offers the Navy
better access to SATCOM assets, increased bandwidth, and protection
from jamming and interception of transmissions. 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
6,000 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/.
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release contains forward-looking statements that reflect
management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of
future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are
made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any
forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties
that may cause actual results and future trends to differ
materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Statements about the expected value of
the program to Harris are forward-looking and involve risks and
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Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government
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