Harris Corporation Selected for Communications Integration Program as Part of Lockheed Martin Army Aerial Common Sensor Team
August 05 2004 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Selected for Communications Integration Program
as Part of Lockheed Martin Army Aerial Common Sensor Team
MELBOURNE, Florida, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that it has been selected
for a three-year communications integration program as part of the
Lockheed Martin Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) team. Work on the
program will support the System Development and Demonstration (SDD)
contract recently awarded to Lockheed Martin to develop ACS, the
U.S. Army's next-generation airborne intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance (ISR) platform. Under the SDD phase of the program,
the Lockheed Martin team will deliver five certified, mission-ready
airborne ISR systems, with initial testing planned for 2006. The
balance of the effort would be performed under a follow-on,
low-rate initial production contract anticipated in 2007, followed
by a full production contract in 2009. ACS is a synergistic system
that is rapidly deployable and designed to carry multiple
intelligence sensors for battlefield surveillance and for
intelligence gathering and sharing. Harris is leading the
development of the communications portion of the ACS's Core
Information System and providing various VHF and UHF radios,
airborne SATCOM and the Common Data Link. Harris is also playing a
key leadership role in developing the Intelligence Processing
System, providing various signal and imagery intelligence
exploitation technologies. ACS is designed to replace the Army's
existing GUARDRAIL/Common Sensor and the Airborne Reconnaissance
Low ISR systems. ACS can be tailored to the specific needs of the
warfighter in the field and also can be scaled to meet the needs of
the land force commander. "Harris has long been considered a
'national asset' by its defense and intelligence customers for
providing innovative ISR systems and solutions," said Bob Henry,
corporate senior VP and president, Harris Government Communications
Systems Division (GCSD). "We are very pleased to be part of the
Lockheed Martin ACS team and to play such a major role in the
development of communications systems and architectures for
tomorrow's airborne sensors." "ACS is a key component in the Army's
support of forces in the critical area of ISR," said Dan Pearson,
president, Defense Programs business unit, Harris GCSD. "As
communications Integrated Product Team lead, Harris is excited
about the opportunity to provide Lockheed Martin with an integrated
solution for ACS that will be instrumental in arming the Army
warfighter with near real-time, actionable intelligence critical to
maintaining information dominance." Harris GCSD, one of four
divisions within Harris Corporation, conducts advanced research
studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports
state-of-the-art assured communications(TM) solutions and
information systems 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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