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Harris Corporation Marks Delivery of 1,000th Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Module MELBOURNE, Fla., Feb. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , a leading supplier of electronics for precision munitions, this week marked the delivery of the 1,000th Harris-built Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Module (WRTTM) during a ceremony at its Phillip W. Farmer Customer Briefing Center (CBC) in Melbourne. The WRTTM, used onboard the AIM- 120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM), is used on training flights and provides weapon system evaluators at Tyndall AFB, Florida with critical missile flight and performance information, as well as command destruct capability from launch until final impact. "The outstanding performance of WRTTM over the course of 100 launches per year has been invaluable to the entire AMRAAM program -- all the way from the developer to the maintainer and warfighter," said Thomas J. Robillard, program director, Counterair Joint Systems Program Office, United States Air Force. "WRTTM has enabled a safe and robust training program for our combat forces and has time and again provided evaluators with flight data critical to improving AMRAAM capabilities and performance." Attendees at the event included U.S. Air Force personnel, industry suppliers, and current and retired executives from the Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD) who have been involved in the AMRAAM/WRTTM program since its start in 1991. The delivery ceremony included remarks by Harris and military executives, as well as a luncheon and a tour of the product display area at the CBC. Since the program's inception, Harris has been awarded $125 million in AMRAAM contracts by the Air Force. "This is a significant program milestone for Harris to achieve over a 10- year period, and represents our highest standards of customer intimacy and satisfaction," said Dan Pearson, president, Defense Programs business unit, Harris GCSD. "We are pleased that the Air Force continues to rely on WRTTM for its ongoing weapons evaluation initiatives." The AIM-120 AMRAAM is designed to take maximum advantage of the highly accurate, long-range target detection capabilities offered by the advanced radar systems of modern-day warplanes. The Harris WRTTM replaces the warhead on the AMRAAM Missile during training flights from Tyndall AFB, provides positioning and telemetry data to the ground site, and allows the ground site to destroy the missile in flight through a flight termination transponder. 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, visit http://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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