Harris Corporation Successfully Tests New Falcon(R) III Multiband Manpack Radio During U.S. Army Patriot Missile Exercise
December 05 2007 - 9:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Falcon III Provides On-the-Move Wideband Networking of Voice and
Data ROCHESTER, N.Y., Dec. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, successfully demonstrated its new
Falcon(R) III multiband manpack radio during a 10-day U.S. Army
exercise that focused on integrating new networking technologies
into the Patriot missile communications system. The U.S. Army
exercise is part of a transformational Army program designed to
prepare Patriot to be part of the next-generation Army Integrated
Air & Missile Defense - System of Systems. The Harris(R) Falcon
III manpack is a wideband tactical radio that provides secure
Internet Protocol data to the tactical Internet at on-air rates of
up to 10 Megabits per second (Mbps). As part of the exercise, the
U.S. Army deployed the Falcon III manpack to provide on-the-move
networking of high-bandwidth voice and data. "The success of the
Falcon III manpack during this trial highlights the advanced
capabilities of this next-generation radio system. The Falcon III
manpack provides warfighters with secure, networked voice and data
communications and situational awareness while on the move, as well
as full interoperability with legacy radios such as SINCGARS," said
Dana Mehnert, president, Harris RF Communications. "The radio
offers significant increases in data-throughput rates over noisy
radio channels, allowing data-intensive applications to be used in
situations that were never before practical. The Falcon III manpack
will enhance mission effectiveness by integrating command and
control systems with sensors, shooters and weapons platforms."
Specifically designed to be a wideband networking radio with a
broad range of multiband, multimission capabilities, the Falcon III
manpack incorporates the Harris Advanced Networking Wideband
Waveform (ANW2), SINCGARS, Havequick II, and a variety of different
tactical satellite (TACSAT) capabilities, including the High
Performance Waveform (HPW). The Falcon III manpack will incorporate
the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) in a future software upgrade. The
Falcon III manpack is the companion radio to the JTRS-approved
Falcon(R) III AN/PRC-152(C) multiband, multimission handheld
tactical radio system. The U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command,
Capabilities, Manager-Lower Tier conducted the Patriot
communications enhancement technology demonstration exercise Sept.
17 and Sept. 28. Harris RF Communications joined other companies in
the exercise, staged between Army command center elements at White
Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, and Fort Bliss, Texas. Fort Bliss
maintains several U.S. Patriot Missile Batteries and operator
training. The demonstration is part of the Air and Missile Defense
(AMD) community's overall transformation to a network-centric
environment for integrating sensors, shooters, and battle
management command, control, communications and intelligence
systems (BMC3I). This transformation will allow AMD warfighters to
utilize expanded sensor and weapon system combinations via an
integrated, multi-layered communications network and is the first
step towards an integrated air and missile defense capability for
the U.S. Army and a joint capability for the nation. The Falcon III
manpack is part of Harris Corporation's expanding leadership in
tactical command and control communications for ground forces. In
addition to the manpack, Harris also produces the Harris RF-7800W,
a high capacity line-of-sight data radio that provides wireless
backbone connections between higher-level command posts and their
forward-operating bases at rates in excess of 80 Megabits per
second; and the Highband Networking Radio, developed jointly with
BAE Systems, which provides a flexible, medium-range, fixed or
fully mobile ad-hoc mesh communication network. Harris RF
Communications Division 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:
Kevin Aman, RF Communications, +1-585-241-8186, ; or Jim Burke,
Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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