Harris Corporation Joins Boeing Team to Deliver Networked Airborne and Maritime Communications for JTRS
April 21 2004 - 9:59AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Joins Boeing Team to Deliver Networked Airborne
and Maritime Communications for JTRS ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 21
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation , a leading supplier
of secure, tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, today
announced it is on Boeing's team to develop an initial system
architecture and design for the Department of Defense's
next-generation Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), which is
designed to meet emerging airborne, maritime and fixed-site
communications challenges. Harris participation on the team is
leveraged by the JTRS and cryptographic experience of the company's
RF Communications Division in Rochester, New York, and the
satellite and systems experience of Harris' Government
Communications Systems Division in Melbourne, Florida. The Boeing
team, comprised of leading platform integrators, hardware providers
and networking experts, is pursuing one of two $54 million,
15-month pre-System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contracts
for a JTRS variant that merges airborne and maritime/fixed station
communications requirements into a single, combined acquisition
approach. The program, referred to as the Airborne, Maritime, Fixed
Station (AMF) JTRS, will provide a networked communications
capability allowing all U.S. forces to communicate effectively in
the joint battlespace. Harris is one of two developers and sources
of supply for the JTR Set, leading the design and integration of
the maritime system, and developing the security architecture.
Harris is a leading maritime radio developer and manufacturer, with
extensive experience and expertise in JTRS radios, maritime
communications systems, maritime platform interfaces, and security
and cryptographic systems. Harris also is a key supplier of
advanced HF communications systems to the U.S. Navy. In addition to
the experience gained from producing its Falcon(R) II family of
software-defined radios, Harris has proven performance in
demonstrating critical JTRS technologies: JTRS-compatible hardware,
Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliance, waveforms,
and cryptology. Harris is an industry leader in the development and
manufacturing of JTRS radios to satisfy requirements for the
government's initiative to deploy software-defined radios. Harris
is a subcontractor on Boeing's winning JTRS Cluster 1 team and was
recently selected to incorporate the Harris Sierra(TM)
cryptographic subsystem into 100 percent of the Cluster 1 radios.
Harris also is on the NetForce 5 team in pursuit of JTRS Cluster 5.
AMF JTRS is the result of merging the JTRS airborne and
maritime/fixed station acquisitions into a single program under
joint U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy oversight. Two contracts will be
awarded in June 2004 for the 15-month pre-SDD phase, which will be
executed concurrently by two prime contractors with support from
two radio suppliers. The ensuing SDD phase will be a full and open
competition with contract award anticipated in the fourth quarter
of FY2005. Harris Corporation is an international communications
technology company focused on providing assured communications(TM)
products, systems and services for government and commercial
customers. The company's five operating divisions serve markets for
government communications, tactical radio, broadcast, microwave,
and network support systems. Harris provides systems and service to
customers in more than 150 countries. Additional information about
Harris Corporation is available at 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 statements 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
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Harris Corporation CONTACT: Susan Giuseppetti, RF Communications
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