Harris Corporation Awarded $275 Million Mission Support Services Contract for FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) Progra
September 29 2004 - 9:05AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Awarded $275 Million Mission Support Services
Contract for FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) Program
MELBOURNE, Fla., Sept. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) announced today that it has been awarded a
$275 million contract modification by the Federal Aviation
Administration (FAA) to incorporate the agency's Mission Support
Services data function into the FAA Telecommunications
Infrastructure (FTI) program, bringing the total estimated value of
the program for Harris to $2.2 billion by 2017. "We are excited
that the FAA has opted to include its Mission Support traffic as
part of the FTI program," said Al Dukes, president, Civil Programs
business unit, Harris Government Communications Systems Division
(GCSD). "Harris is very pleased to be teamed with the FAA in
putting an infrastructure in place that meets the agency's unique
telecommunications services and security requirements, which are
critical to the FAA's role in managing air traffic." The FTI
program, originally awarded to Harris in July 2002, is improving
operational functions at more than 5,000 FAA facilities nationwide
while reducing operating costs, enhancing network security, and
improving telecommunications service performance, reliability, and
quality. Harris is also replacing more than 35,000 circuits,
upgrading switching and routing services, improving network
monitoring and control, implementing a state-of- the-art security
system, and providing network engineering services. The Harris team
is already working to consolidate the Leased Interfacility NAS
Communications System, Data Multiplexing Network, Bandwidth
Manager, and the National Aviation Data Interchange Network into
FTI. "The Harris FTI team is committed to fulfilling its collective
mission of providing the most efficient and reliable
telecommunications solution to the FAA," said John O'Sullivan, FTI
program VP, Harris GCSD. "The comprehensive telecommunications and
IT experience provided by our teammates, coupled with Harris
expertise in highly reliable, secure communications systems
integration and management, will help to ensure that FTI
requirements are met or surpassed over the life of the program."
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
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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 statement 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
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. 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/
http://www.careers.harris.com/
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