Harris Corporation Opens New Maryland Facility to Support National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES-R Program
February 04 2010 - 3:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Greenbelt Support Office Brings 100 Highly Skilled Employees to
Area GREENBELT, Md., Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has expanded its already strong presence in
the Washington, DC area with the opening of a 24,400-square-foot
facility to support activities for the company's 10-year, $736
million Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite -- Series
R Ground Segment (GOES-R GS) contract. Harris is the program's
prime contractor and systems integrator. Senior officials from the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Maryland
Governor's office joined senior executives from Harris for a
ribbon-cutting ceremony today at the new Harris Greenbelt Support
Office at 7375 Executive Place. The office will house about 100
employees of Harris and its GOES-R GS subcontractors, Atmospheric
and Environmental Research, Inc., and Carr Astronautics. In
addition to a development lab, the facility will include a staging
area for equipment that ultimately will be installed at government
facilities. The opening continues Harris Corporation's expansion in
Maryland, which is bringing additional high-technology jobs to the
area. Harris already employs more than 300 people in Maryland and
about 1,500 in the Metro DC and Virginia area to support critical
national programs. The GOES-R GS will receive and process - in real
time - vast quantities of weather and environmental data from the
next generation of GOES-R weather satellites, and will distribute
more accurate and timely products to more than 10,000 direct users.
These new products will significantly improve the ability of
weather forecasters to more accurately predict dangerous weather,
and in turn, warn the public faster. The Harris GOES-R GS team will
design, develop, deploy and maintain the ground segment, and will
provide command and control of the operational satellites. "Severe
weather threatens the nation each year, destroying communities and
putting lives at risk," said U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski,
Chairwoman of the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations
Subcommittee that funds NOAA. "We have a responsibility to provide
the best tools our scientists need to issue accurate forecasts and
send out quick warnings. That's why this GOES-R weather satellite
ground system is important to the Nation and particularly important
to Maryland, creating high-tech jobs for our high-tech workforce. I
will continue to work for a federal investment to support
innovative technology that has the power to save lives, create jobs
and protect the homeland." "The close proximity of our new program
office to the facilities of NOAA and other federal agencies here in
the Maryland-DC-Virginia area helps to develop the collaborative
relationships and face-to-face communications that ensure optimum
program success," said Ray Thorpe, vice president of GOES-R
programs for Harris Government Communications Systems. "We are very
pleased to be part of the vibrant Maryland business community and
appreciate the warm welcome we have received here." Harris is a
recognized leader in satellite ground data processing and mission
command-and-control systems. The company's ground data processing
systems consist of complex suites of hardware and software that
receive sensor data from satellites and process it into useable
environmental parameters under stringent timelines -- turning the
data into useable information. The company's command-and-control
systems feature commercial-off-the-shelf design and high levels of
flexibility. Designed for government and commercial applications,
they support single-satellite missions, as well as some of the
largest and most complex satellite fleets deployed today. 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 approximately $5 billion of annual revenue
and more than 15,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers
and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class
assured communications® products, systems, and services. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Marc Raimondi, Harris Government -- 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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