Harris Corporation to Feature PacStar Uniformed Communications Platform at AUSA 2008
October 07 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
Integrated Solution for DoD Transition to Everything Over Internet
Protocol DULLES, Va. and WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
-- AUSA, Booth #1439 -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an
international communications and information technology company,
will host the PacStar (Pacific Star Communications) Unified
Communications platform as part of its Harris offerings at the
Association of the United States Army (AUSA) 2008 Annual Meeting
and Exposition. AUSA will take place October 6-8 at the Walter E.
Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. Harris announced in
September that it added key products from PacStar to its solutions
under the U.S. Air Force Network Centric Solutions (NETCENTS)
contract. NETCENTS is a five-year, $9 billion acquisition
initiative to provide the U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense,
and other federal agencies with a complete range of IT, networking,
telephony, security services and solutions. Harris is the only
NETCENTS contract holder offering PacStar solutions. PacStar is a
technology-based provider of communications solutions to the
military and government. The PacStar 6000 Series solutions
demonstrated in the Harris booth are the only products available
using the Cisco Unified Communications platform that meet the
Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Digital Voice eXchange
and Small End Office standards. "This is an opportunity for
visitors to the Harris booth to see real-time demonstrations of the
next generation of voice, data and video collaboration capabilities
supporting mission-critical communications," said Ted Hengst,
president of Harris IT Services. The PacStar 6000 series will serve
as the core communications system for a robust, integrated solution
to meet requirements as DoD agencies transition to Everything Over
Internet Protocol (EoIP). Harris also offers a full services suite
including engineering design, deployment, installation and
maintenance support for PacStar products. Harris IT Services is a
leading provider of mission-critical IT and communications services
and support to defense, intelligence, homeland security, civil, and
commercial customers. With over 3,000 professionals performing to
the highest industry standards at locations worldwide, Harris IT
Services offers essential past performance, proven technical
expertise, and innovative solutions in supporting large-scale IT
programs that encompass the full technology lifecycle. The
organization's distributed workforce, present in all 50 states,
combined with extensive experience in performance-based contracting
and managed IT services, deliver best-value results to a broad
customer base. 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 $5.3 billion and 16,500 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: CeeCee L. Evans, Harris IT Services, , +1-703-483-8684,
Jim Burke, Corporate Headquarters, , +1-321-727-9131, Marc
Raimondi, Harris Corporation - Washington, D.C., , +1-202-729-3732
Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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