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Harris Corporation Forms Team to Pursue National Archives and Records Administration Program MELBOURNE, Fla. and WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , a leader in large-volume, high-speed information processing technology, has formed a team to compete for a major program to design, develop and operate the Electronic Record Archives (ERA) for the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The ERA system will enable NARA to authentically preserve and provide access to electronic archival records, free from dependency on any specific hardware or software. "This is a very exciting opportunity for Harris to apply its proven capabilities in large-volume data processing, archiving, access, ingest, and distributed Web-based technology," said Al Dukes, president, Civil Programs business unit, Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "We are pleased to be participating in this challenging initiative and look forward to furthering a long-term relationship with NARA." Harris will act as the prime systems integrator for the program, leading a team that will develop, integrate, deploy and operate the total archiving solution with NARA. The other team members are Booz, Allen and Hamilton; Vredenburg, an AMS Company; and Information Manufacturing Corporation. A significant portion of the Harris ERA team will operate in close proximity to NARA from a new Harris facility in Silver Spring, Maryland, which opened last month. Once complete, theERA will be able to accept any type of electronic record, including federal, presidential, and other records of significant historical value that are created using any kind of application on any computing platform, and will be able to provide search and retrieval to anyone with an interest and a legal right of access. NARA is scheduled to award the Analysis and Design phase of the ERA contract to one or more companies in June 2004. Following a nine-month design competition, the winner is expected to be announced in June 2005. In addition to system development and design, the ultimate winner will also provide operations and management services for the program into the next decade. Harris GCSD, one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the-art, assured communications(TM) and information solutions that solve the mission-critical 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, microwave, broadcast, and network products and systems, serves customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visithttp://www.harris.com/. Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com/ DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT: Sleighton Meyer, Government Communications Systems Division, +1-321-727-6514, or , or Tom Hausman, Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, or , both of Harris Corporation Web site: http://www.harris.com/

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