Harris Corporation Donates OS/COMET(R) Telemetry Tracking and Control Product Licenses to U.S. Air Force Academy for Use in Falc
April 11 2007 - 8:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., April 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S.
Air Force Academy cadets will be able to train for and execute
space communications assignments using the most advanced technology
available today, thanks to a donation from Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information
technology company. Harris today donated OS/COMET(R) satellite
telemetry tracking and control product licenses, and associated
engineering/training support, to the Academy's Department of
Astronautics. Bob Henry, executive vice president of Harris
Corporation and president of Harris Government Communications
Systems Division, presented the product licenses to Brigadier
General Dana H. Born, Dean of the Faculty, United States Air Force
Academy, during the 23rd National Space Symposium being held April
9-12 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. Attendees included
Undersecretary of the Air Force for Space Programs, the Honorable
Dr. Ronald M. Sega; Elliot G. Pulham, president and chief executive
officer, Space Foundation; Colonel Marty France, head of the Air
Force Academy's Department of Astronautics; Air Force Academy
cadets involved with the FalconSAT program; other industry
executives; and representatives from government and academia. The
Academy's Department of Astronautics offers an engineering program
where cadets design, develop, integrate and test small satellites
for Department of Defense research and development space programs.
The Harris OS/COMET(R) software tool will be used for training,
integration and test, and on-orbit command and control of the
cadet-built and operated FalconSAT series of satellites. Four
FalconSAT satellites have been launched to date - the last one,
FalconSAT-3, was launched on March 8, 2007. Another two FalconSAT
satellites are in the design phase. "The Academy's FalconSAT
program is a very important one that enables cadets to gain
real-world, hands-on satellite mission experience prior to
graduating and, for some, taking on assignments that involve Air
Force satellite network operations," said Dr. Sega. "Small
satellites have become an increasingly important part of our
operationally responsive space efforts, and these hands-on
experiences with small satellites will assist our people in rapidly
gaining critical skills in building, launching, and operating
spacecraft. These efforts help develop technical instincts, which
should prove valuable in our space professionals' future
endeavors." "Harris is a mission partner with the Air Force in
support of many of its satellite programs, so we are very pleased
to be able to present the Academy with this new software tool that
will enhance the educational experience of cadets participating in
the astronautics engineering program," said Bob Henry of Harris
Corporation. "As an industry employer in the Colorado Springs area
through our work with the Air Force's 50th Space Wing, we see this
donation as an investment in both higher education and the local
community for the future of military satellite communications."
Harris has been providing operations and maintenance services to
the 50th Space Wing at Schriever AFB in Colorado Springs since
1996. Major programs include the Operational Satellite Support
Services and Mission Communications Operations and Maintenance
programs supporting the Air Force Satellite Control Network. The
company employs nearly 250 people in the Colorado Springs area who
support the 50th Space Wing customer. Harris is a recognized leader
in satellite ground data processing and mission command-and-control
systems. Its OS/COMET(R) commercial, off-the- shelf software tool
offers superior levels of flexibility, and allows users to choose
and change the level of automation throughout the life of a
satellite program. OS/COMET(R) is designed for government and
commercial applications, supporting both single-satellite missions
and the largest and most complex satellite fleets deployed today.
It is the command-and-control product of choice for programs such
as Iridium(R), Global Positioning System, and multiple
geostationary earth orbiting and low earth orbiting satellites.
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/ DATASOURCE:
Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government
Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or ; or Jim
Burke, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or , both of Harris
Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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