Harris Corporation Awarded Order to Provide New Falcon III(R) High-Capacity Data Radios to the Estonian Ministry of Defense
January 14 2009 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
RF-7800M-MP Radio Enables Secure, Ad-Hoc Mobile Networking Through
Advanced Waveforms and Intelligent Protocols ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan.
14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an
international communications and information technology company,
has been awarded two orders for tactical radio equipment totaling
over $5 million from the Estonian Ministry of Defense (MOD). The
orders include the new Falcon III RF-7800M-MP multiband
high-capacity data radio as well as other Harris high-performance
tactical communications systems. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090114/CLW010 ) Planned for
use primarily in vehicle-based applications, the RF-7800M-MP radio
will provide Estonian forces with the ability to achieve a highly
mobile tactical network on the frontlines with high bandwidth
connectivity to the military's larger network-centric backbone.
"The Estonian Land Forces require modern communications for
homeland defense and international operations," said Lieutenant
Colonel Artur Suzik. "The RF-7800M-MP provides the high speed,
secure networking required to function effectively in these
demanding environments." Designed for flexibility and portability,
while providing critical next-generation capability, the
RF-7800M-MP is a single-channel, software-defined radio that runs
both narrowband and wideband waveforms in the smallest and lightest
form factor available to the war fighter today. The RF-7800M-MP
provides secure voice and high-speed networked data services at
on-air rates up to 5 Mbps over an extended frequency range of 30
MHz to 2 GHz -- a significant increase over competing products. The
RF-7800M-MP provides secure IP data to the tactical Internet
utilizing Harris Corporation's Advanced Networking Wideband
Waveform (ANW2). The radio is designed to the Software
Communications Architecture (SCA) version 2.2, which enables the
loading of future waveforms and ensures software upgradeability.
The narrowband waveform capability assures interoperability with
existing and future VHF and UHF combat net radios including the
Harris RF-5800 series of combat net radios. "Harris is honored to
have been selected to provide this solution to the Estonian MOD and
help further their plans for a more effective battlefield
communication architecture," said Dana Mehnert, President, Harris
RF Communications. "The secure, high-speed, wideband capability of
the RF-7800M-MP will greatly expand the field-based war fighter's
ability to access and communicate tactical data while establishing
a more robust connection with upper echelons and overall enhanced
situational awareness." Harris RF Communications is the leading
global supplier of secure radio communications products and systems
for military, government and commercial organizations. The
company's Falcon(R) family of software-defined tactical radio
products and systems include manpack, handheld, vehicular,
strategic fixed-site and shipboard applications. Falcon III is the
next-generation of radios developed to address the U.S. military's
new Joint Tactical Radio System (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 16,000
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/.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090114/CLW010
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Kevin Aman, RF Communications, +1-585-241-8186, , Jim Burke,
Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, , both of Harris
Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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