Harris Corporation Awarded $140 Million Order Under New IDIQ Contract From the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
October 07 2008 - 7:56PM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has received a $140 million order
to provide systems integration and information technology (IT)
services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). NGA,
a major intelligence and combat support agency of the Department of
Defense, is acquiring the services under a new multi-vendor
five-year, IDIQ (Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity)
contract. Harris will perform the contract through its National
Intelligence Programs business. Harris was one of four companies
that received the IDIQ award under the agency's Applied IT
Solutions (AITS) contract, which covers a broad range of
engineering support, integration services, and related material
needed to accelerate access to NGA's GEOINT (geospatial
intelligence) data and services and to transform the use of GEOINT
across its customer base. The contract also provides continuity for
NGA programs currently supported by Harris for imagery access and
retrieval, such as the Web-based Access and Retrieval Portal
(WARP). "Harris will provide the core IT and integration services
that NGA needs to make a successful transition to a modern
Infrastructure Service Provider (ISP) and Application Service
Provider (ASP) environment," said Sheldon Fox, president of Harris
National Intelligence Programs. "We will assist NGA in implementing
this new ISP/ASP model, which will enable them to provide managed
services and applications to their customers much more effectively
and efficiently." The NGA supports U.S. national policy makers and
military forces by providing timely, relevant, and accurate
geospatial intelligence derived by the exploitation and analysis of
imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and
visually depict physical features and geographically referenced
activities on Earth. Harris National Intelligence Programs business
is a major developer, supplier and integrator of communications and
information processing products, systems, and networks for a
diverse base of Intelligence Community programs. Harris supports
the ongoing transformation of the Intelligence Community into a
more collaborative enterprise. 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(R) products,
systems, and services. Additional information about Harris
Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com/ .
Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains
forward-looking statements that reflect management's current
expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and
economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the
safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company
cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject
to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future
trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about the
expected value of the program to Harris are forward-looking and
involve risks and uncertainties. Harris disclaims any intention or
obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer
of Harris Government Communications Division, +1-321-727-6514, , or
Jim Burke of Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, , or Marc
Raimondi of Harris Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732,
Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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