Harris Corporation to Demonstrate Public Safety Communications Capabilities During Largest U.S. Earthquake Preparedness Exercise
November 11 2008 - 12:52PM
PR Newswire (US)
Company Providing Radios, Networking Equipment and Technical
Support to L.A. Law Enforcement as Part of Great Southern
California ShakeOut Drill ROCHESTER, N.Y., Nov. 11
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an
international communications and information technology company,
will demonstrate advanced systems for restoring first responder
communication links as part of the Great Southern California
ShakeOut, the largest-ever earthquake preparedness drill in the
United States. The exercise, scheduled for November 13, will model
the effects of a magnitude 7.8 earthquake along the San Andreas
Fault and has more than five million registered participants.
Harris is supplying California law enforcement authorities with
high-frequency (HF), multiband, and high-capacity line-of-sight
(HCLOS) radios for the ShakeOut exercise, along with technical and
networking expertise and support. The company's systems will be
used to rapidly re-establish communication links between first
responders in the field and their commanders, who would otherwise
be unable to communicate following a major earthquake. "This
demonstration highlights how our advanced radio products address
the unique challenges and critical requirements of public safety
agencies. When lives are on the line, first responders must be able
to talk to each other," said George Helm, vice president and
general manager, Government and Public Safety business unit, Harris
RF Communications. "Our product portfolio provides those critical
communication links anytime, anywhere, by eliminating
interoperability issues that have previously plagued first
responders. Our radios also provide advanced capabilities such as
the delivery of video assessments back to command posts and
emergency voice and data communications over satellite links. The
ShakeOut drill will showcase our ability to address a new customer
base with enhanced, assured communications." Harris has broadened
its focus on non-military communications users with the
introduction of Unity(TM), a family of multiband software-defined
radios that will allow federal, state and local public safety
agencies to communicate more effectively by delivering direct,
full-spectrum interoperability to the hands of the user. The Unity
XG-100 covers all portable land mobile radio frequency bands in a
single radio and is compliant with APCO Project 25 technical
standards. The radio is approximately the same size as currently
fielded, single-band radios and will be available next year. For
more information on Unity and Harris capabilities in public safety,
go to http://www.rfcomm.harris.com/talkasone/ . Harris RF
Communications is a leading global supplier of secure radio
communications products and systems for military, government and
commercial organizations. The Falcon(R) family of software-defined
tactical radio products and systems include manpack, handheld,
vehicular, strategic fixed-site and shipboard applications. Falcon
III(R) is the next generation of radios developed to address the
U.S. military's JTRS requirements. 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 $5.4 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/. DATASOURCE:
Harris Corporation CONTACT: Kevin Aman, RF Communications,
+1-585-241-8186, , or Jim Burke, Corporate Headquarters,
+1-321-727-9131, , both of Harris Corporation Web site:
http://www.harris.com/ http://www.rfcomm.harris.com/talkasone
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