HRS Harris Corp.

MELBOURNE, Fla., and WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two employees of Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, were recognized recently by Washington Technology magazine for their extraordinary dedication to serving the government market. Doug Shorter, who manages the company's work on the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Patriot program, and John O'Sullivan, who heads the Harris FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) team, each received a 2007 Government Channel Leadership Award from Washington Technology. The Channel Leadership award is designed to honor individuals within industry who demonstrate outstanding knowledge, skills and dedication while helping their government customers successfully complete their missions. The full story can be found on Washington Technology's website at http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/22_15/31247-1.html "We are very proud of John and Doug," said Jeremy Wensinger, group president of Harris Government Communications Systems. " This recognition not only reflects well on their tremendous accomplishments and commitment to customer satisfaction, but also on our program teams and industry partners who are committed to supporting the FAA and NRO in their nationally important missions." John O'Sullivan leads Harris efforts as the prime contractor and system architect for the FTI program, which provides a more secure, efficient network that is improving performance and reducing operating costs for the FAA. FTI replaces six legacy networks with one nationwide, all-digital network backbone and provides the foundation for the FAA's Next-Generation Air Transportation System. Under Doug Shorter's leadership, Harris is providing operations, maintenance and support services for the NRO's global communications and information systems. Harris is leading the transformation of enterprise-wide Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services to a performance- based, IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)-compliant way of doing business, resulting in more efficient and cost-effective IT service management for the agency. 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 over $4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications Systems, +1-321-727-6514, ; or Jim Burke of Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site: http://www.harris.com/ http://www.washingtontechnology.com/print/22_15/31247-1.html

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