Harris Corporation Forms Team to Pursue $455 Million U.S. Air Force Network and Space Operations and Maintenance Program
April 10 2007 - 11:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (Harris
Booth #400) - Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international
communications and information technology company, has formed a
team to compete for a six-and-a- half-year, $455 million contract
to provide operations and maintenance support to the 50th Space
Wing's Air Force Satellite Control Network at locations around the
world. The announcement was made during the 23rd National Space
Symposium being held April 9-12 at The Broadmoor in Colorado
Springs. Harris is leading a team composed of Lockheed Martin
Information Technology, L-3 Communications Titan Group, Faith
Enterprises Incorporated, ASRC Aerospace, Arctic Slope World
Services, Nortel Government Solutions and Gunther Douglas to pursue
the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) contract,
which is expected to be awarded in late 2007. The 50th Space Wing's
Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), headquartered in
Colorado Springs, is responsible for providing readiness, launch,
early orbit/on-orbit support, and anomaly resolution for a variety
of satellite constellations. NSOM will support this global,
nationally critical network consisting of command and control
systems, communications, antennas and support systems. "The Harris
team is uniquely qualified for the NSOM program, having established
a legacy of unprecedented high performance on the Mission
Communications and Operations Maintenance (MCOM) and Operational
Space Services and Support (OSSS) programs - large portions of
which will be consolidated into NSOM," said Jim Prickett, NSOM
Program vice president, Harris Technical Services Corporation. "We
have worked with the 50th Space Wing for many years and look
forward to continuing this relationship with the successful
implementation of the NSOM program and all of the operational
benefits and cost savings our team will deliver." Since 2000,
Harris has been providing operations, maintenance and support
services to AFSCN and Global Positioning System (GPS) ground
networks as part of the $220 million OSSS program. Harris operates
and performs organizational level maintenance at all ground
stations assigned to the AFSCN and GPS at such diverse locations as
Thule, Greenland; Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory; New
Boston, New Hampshire; and others. Work includes providing antenna
operations and maintenance, GPS site software and hardware support,
training, security, and management services at remote locations as
well as satellite orbital analysis and technical assistance support
at Schriever AFB, Colorado. Since 2002, Harris has been providing
operations and maintenance services for the AFSCN's communications
functions at Schriever AFB, Colorado and Onizuka AFS, California as
part of the $355 million MCOM program. Harris provides diverse
communications support services and operational efficiencies
through site integration, scheduling, maintenance of technical
drawings, database applications programming, local area
network/wide area network operations, help desk functions, and
military satellite communications terminal operations. About Harris
Technical Services Corporation Harris Technical Services
Corporation (HTSC) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris
Corporation, serving the information technology services
marketplace. HTSC provides world-class, cost-effective operations,
maintenance, engineering and technical support services to the U.S.
government, prime contractors and other Harris divisions. 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. 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
for Government Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, ;
or Jim Burke for Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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