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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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