Harris Corporation Receives Intelsat Approval for Its Multiband Deployable Antenna Terminals
March 07 2007 - 1:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (Harris
Booth #513) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international
communications and information technology company, has received
Type Approval for its Large Aperture Multiband Deployable Antenna
(LAMDA) terminals from Intelsat, the world's largest provider of
fixed satellite services. The announcement was made during the
Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Winter Symposium, being held
March 7-9 at the Broward County Convention Center in Ft.
Lauderdale. Type Approval is an independent, third-party evaluation
that certifies the LAMDA terminal meets the high standards
requirements for RF performance and production quality. The
approval followed an evaluation by the Global VSAT Forum (GVF), an
independent, non-profit association of key companies involved in
delivering advanced, digital, fixed satellite systems and services
directly to consumers as well as to commercial and government
enterprises worldwide. The GVF consists of more than 90 members
from every major region of the world and from every sector of the
industry, including satellite operators, manufacturers, system
integrators and other service providers "The Type Approval of our
LAMDA terminal is an important designation that confirms the
product meets stringent requirements for interoperability,
interchangeability, production methods and technical performance,"
said Sheldon Fox, vice president and general manager of Department
of Defense Programs, Harris Government Communications Systems
Division. "We are very pleased to be able to provide the LAMDA
terminal's advanced, highly mobile tri-band satellite
communications capabilities to military customers around the
world." The LAMDA is an enhanced version of the field-proven Harris
Lightweight High-Gain X-Band Antenna (LHGXA) terminal. It provides
field units with a highly mobile, user-friendly, large aperture
tri-band (C-, X-, and Ku-band) terminal that withstands the rigors
of harsh operating environments. The LAMDA supports tri-band
operations by utilizing interchangeable antenna feeds that can be
rapidly installed by operators in the field. Harris recently
delivered the first dozen of 39 LAMDA terminals that will be
utilized by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force for multiband,
highly mobile satellite communications connectivity. The LAMDA
incorporates a 4.9-meter (16-foot) diameter reflector mounted on an
HMMWV-towable trailer, yet has the equivalent performance
characteristics of a 20-foot reflector due to its shaped,
offset-fed design. Rugged yet lightweight outer panels allow a
three-person crew to set up or teardown the antenna in less than 45
minutes. The LAMDA operates with Defense Satellite Communications
System, Wideband Gapfiller System, NATO, Skynet, XTAR, and Intelsat
satellite constellations. About Harris Corporation Harris is an
international communications and information technology company
serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
annual revenue of about $4 billion and more than 14,000 employees
-- including more than 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is
dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM)
products, systems, and services for global markets, including
government communications, RF communications, broadcast
communications, and wireless transmission network solutions.
Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at
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Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications
Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, , or Brent Dietz, Corporate
Headquarters, +1-321-724-3554, , both of Harris Corporation Web
site: http://www.harris.com/ http://www.careers.harris.com/
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