HRS Harris Corp.

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 http://www.harris.com/ Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ Forward-Looking Statement 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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