Harris Corporation Awarded Study Contract to Develop Communications Architecture for U.S. Air Force Light-Weight Satellites
November 25 2008 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, has been awarded an eight-month
study contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors
Directorate Wright Patterson AFB to develop a new modular
communications architecture for satellites that weigh less than 400
kilograms and can be deployed quickly and cost-effectively. The
study will support the Operationally Responsive Space Office (ORSO)
at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, with systems engineering,
requirements analysis, and concept development of an architecture
whereby common components are able to support multiple payloads.
The modular architecture will allow rapid configuration of the
satellites to meet the changing needs of intelligence, surveillance
and reconnaissance (ISR) missions as well as other military
communications requirements. "This award reflects the proven
expertise that Harris has gained in its many years of developing
architectures and sensor payloads for satellite systems," said Wes
Covell, president of Harris Defense Programs. "We are very pleased
to be able to support ORSO in its mission to develop a new
satellite architecture that can be modified easily to provide
payloads targeted to a specific mission." Harris Defense Programs
develops, supplies, and integrates communications and information
processing products, systems, and networks for a diverse base of
aerospace, terrestrial and maritime applications supporting U.S.
Department of Defense missions. Harris is committed to delivering
leading-edge technologies that support the military's ongoing
transformation to network-centric communications. 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 16,000
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: Sleighton Meyer, Harris
Government Communications Systems, +1-321-727-6514, ; or Marc
Raimondi, Harris Corporation - Washington, D.C., +1-202-729-3732, ;
or Jim Burke, Harris Corporation, +1-321-727-9131, Web site:
http://www.harris.com/
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