Harris Corporation Delivers 10,000th Anti-Jam Electronics Module to Boeing; Maintains 100 Percent On-Time Delivery Record
March 14 2007 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., March 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has successfully delivered 10,000
anti-jam Antenna Electronics Modules for the Global Positioning
System of The Boeing Company's Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)
weapon . maintaining a 100 percent on-time delivery record for the
program. Boeing awarded Harris the program in 2003, and has
contract options that could increase the value to as much as $50
million by 2008. JDAM is a tail kit that converts existing,
free-fall bombs into highly accurate "smart" weapons. The kit,
developed and produced by Boeing, consists of a new tail section
that contains a GPS-based Inertial Navigation System. An integral
part of the JDAM tail kit, Harris Corporation's advanced Antenna
Electronics Module (AEM) enhances the weapon's resistance to both
intentional/unintentional RF interference and jamming of the GPS
satellite's signal. "Boeing relies on its suppliers to deliver
quality products on time and on cost in order to meet our
customers' requirements and bring value to them," said John
Harnagel, Boeing's JDAM program manager. "Delivery of the 10,000th
AEM unit is a significant milestone in the JDAM program, which is
providing a more affordable approach to ensuring precise delivery
of weapons, thereby minimizing casualties to noncombatants and
collateral damage to vital infrastructures," said Sheldon Fox, vice
president and general manager of Department of Defense Programs,
Harris Government Communications Systems Division. "The ongoing
success of this program validates our leadership position in weapon
system data links and anti-jam technologies for precision
munitions." In addition to its contributions to the JDAM program,
Harris has supplied Boeing with anti-jam technology under the
Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM) program and the
Component Advanced Development (CAD) phase of Boeing's Small
Diameter Bomb (SDB) program. Harris also has been supplying Boeing
with weapon data links for the U.S. Navy's Standoff Land Attack
Missile (SLAM) and SLAM Expanded Response (SLAM ER) programs,
earning the company distinction as one of only about a dozen of
Boeing's estimated 30,000 suppliers to attain Gold Level Preferred
Supplier Certification status. 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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This press 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
uncertainties. Other factors that may impact the company's results
and forward-looking statement may be disclosed in the company's
filings with the SEC. Harris disclaims any intention or obligation
to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 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/
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