Harris Corporation Opens New Silver Spring, Maryland Office To Support Civil Programs Customers
March 03 2004 - 8:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Opens New Silver Spring, Maryland Office To
Support Civil Programs Customers SILVER SPRING, Md., March 3
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , a leading developer
and systems integrator of mission-critical communications and
information systems for the U.S. Government, has again expanded its
Washington D.C.-area presence with the opening of a new office and
demonstration center in Silver Spring, Maryland. The office will
support customers whose programs are part of Harris' Civil Programs
business unit. An open house for customers and employees was held
today at the facility, which is located in the Silver Spring Metro
Plaza at 8401 Colesville Road, Suite 610, Silver Spring, Maryland,
20910. Harris employs approximately 500 people located at various
customer support offices throughout the Washington, D.C. area.
"Harris is involved with several new programs and contract pursuits
involving the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) and the National Archives and Records Administration
(NARA)," said Al Dukes, president, Civil Programs business unit,
Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD).
"Establishing an office in close proximity to NOAA and NARA will
enable us to rapidly and cost-effectively serve the needs of these
valued customers and continue our focus on enhancing customer
intimacy." Harris is currently engaged in a one-year study contract
for NOAA for ground segment work supporting the advanced
Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-R (GOES-R)
program. Under the GOES-R contract, Harris will study the
application of its advanced ground data processing as well as its
command and control technologies to the overall satellite ground
system architecture, and provide end-to-end system integration
solutions. The study contract was awarded through NOAA's National
Environmental, Satellite, Data and Information Services (NESDIS)
office, which manages the nation's operational environmental
satellites, provides data and information services, and conducts
related research. In addition, last month, Harris announced the
formation of a team to compete for a contract 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
any kind of electronic record, free from dependency on any specific
hardware or software. In addition to office and conference
space,the Silver Spring office also will house a display area for
software demonstrations. The main phone number for the new facility
is 301-351-0797. 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 systems that solve the
mission-critical communications challenges of its military and
government customers, while serving as the technology base for
thecompany'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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