Harris Corporation Demonstrates New Capability to Help U.S. and UK Military Forces to Communicate Securely on the Battlefield
October 08 2007 - 9:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Tests Demonstrated Secure, Interoperable Communications Between
U.S. JTRS Radios and UK Bowman Tactical Radios WASHINGTON, Oct. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AUSA booth # 2017 -- Harris Corporation
(NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information
technology company, has successfully demonstrated a new
programmable software solution that will help enable U.S. and UK
soldiers to communicate securely using Joint Tactical Radio System
(JTRS) and Bowman tactical radios. The U.S. JTRS and UK Bowman
systems are based on different standards and previously were not
interoperable. Under a contract with the JTRS Network Enterprise
Domain (NED) office, Harris developed a suite of cryptographic
applications for its Sierra(R) II programmable encryption engine to
provide secure communications interoperability with legacy,
hardware-based encryption solutions. A demonstration of one such
application - the ability to interoperate with the UK legacy Bowman
radios - was sponsored by the JTRS NED and performed in conjunction
with ITT Corporation. The demonstration underscores Harris
Corporation's continued leadership in providing innovative embedded
encryption solutions for markets with demanding security
requirements. The effort proved the feasibility of communications
interoperability between Bowman VHF radios and a newly developed
Software Communications Architecture (SCA)- compliant JTRS Bowman
VHF waveform (JBW), developed by ITT for the Joint Tactical Radio
System. "This successful test is the culmination of 17 months of
hard work with our partners at ITT Corporation and both U.S. and UK
military officials," said Richard Rzepkowski, vice president,
Communications Security Products, Harris RF Communications. "We
believe this application will enable U.S. and UK commanders to
securely coordinate on the battlefield. The technology could make
interoperable communications among multi-national forces across a
range of security clearances more feasible." Harris RF
Communications is a leading supplier of secure voice and data
communications products, systems, and networks to military,
government, and commercial organizations worldwide. 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: Jim
Burke of Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, ; or Kevin Aman of RF
Communications, +1-585-241-8186, , for Harris Corporation Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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