Harris Corporation Awarded Contract for NOAA's Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational System Services
November 06 2003 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Awarded Contract for NOAA's Initial Joint
Polar-Orbiting Operational System Services OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 6
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , a leader in
satellite communications equipment and integrated network control
and support systems, today announced that it has been awarded a
one-year contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) to provide communications and network
operations center services for the Initial Joint Polar-orbiting
Operational System (IJPS) program. The latest IJPS award follows
the original $3.2 million design and test contract awarded to
Harris by Integral Systems, Inc. of Lanham, Maryland, announced in
April 2003, and brings the total value of IJPS-related programs for
Harris to $4.2 million, with future options that could take the
overall program value to nearly $9 million by 2008. "This is an
important initiative that adds to the critical role Harris is
already playing to support the integration of NOAA weather
satellite programs with those of the European meteorological
community," said Phil Heacock, vice president, Space and Mission
Support programs, Harris Technical Services Corporation (HTSC). "We
are very pleased that NOAA has selected Harris as its industry
teammate for this important national weather program." Under terms
of the contract, HTSC's Omaha, Nebraska operation will provide
communications services between the current National Environmental
Satellite, Data, and Information Services (NESDIS) Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Satellite Operations
Control Center (SOCC) in Suitland, Maryland, and the center for
European meteorological satellite operations in Darmstadt, Germany.
Harris also will utilize its Maritime Communications Services (MCS)
network operations center in Melbourne, Florida to configure and
monitor the IJPS network. Harris has selected Sprint, a leader in
global communications, as its teammate for the IJPS
Communications/Network Operations Center program. The purpose of
the IJPS program is to facilitate the NESDIS POES ground system's
support of future POES satellites, as well as the European
Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
(EUMETSAT) Meteorological Operational (MetOp) series of satellites,
which are scheduled to be launched beginning in 2005. Under the
IJPS agreement, NOAA and EUMETSAT will share resources in a
cooperative venture beneficial to both parties and to the world's
meteorological community. HTSC is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Harris Corporation, serving the information technology service
marketplace. HTSC provides world-class, cost- effective operations,
maintenance, engineering, and technical support services to the
U.S. Government, its prime contractors, and other Harris divisions.
MCS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corporation that
addresses the expanding need for communications in remote oceanic
and land-based locations. MCS offers a variety of products and
services including ship-to-shore voice, fax, and data satellite
communications for vessels; and a unique fleet of large, unmanned
telemetry buoys deployed to relay data from seafloor sensors, such
as seismometers that provide early earthquake/tsunami detection.
MCS solutions also extend onshore, with land-based data, voice, and
video communications for remote installations nearly anywhere on
earth. Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD),
one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, conducts advanced
research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports
state-of-the-art, assured communications and information systems
that solve the mission-critical communications challenges of its
military and government customers, while serving as the technology
base for the company's diverse commercial businesses. Harris
Corporation, which also provides tactical radio, broadcast,
microwave, and network support products and systems, serves
customers in more than 150 countries. On the Net, Harris
Corporation site: http://www.harris.com/ Sound interesting? Find
great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/
Forward-Looking Statement 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. Other factors that may impact the
company's results and forward-looking statement may be disclosed in
the company's filings with the SEC. 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,
Government Communications, +1-321-727-6514, or , or Tom Hausman,
Systems Division, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or ,
both of Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/
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