Harris Corporation Engineering Team Receives High Rating From the Software Engineering Institute
September 30 2004 - 9:59AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Engineering Team Receives High Rating From the
Software Engineering Institute ROCHESTER, N.Y., Sept. 30
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation's (NYSE:HRS) RF
Communications Division has received a Level 3 rating for software
development in accordance with the Software Engineering Institute
Capability Maturity Model(R) (SEI-CMM)(R). This rating was received
by the division's Software Engineering organization located in
Annapolis Junction, Maryland. The Software Engineering Institute is
a federally funded research and development center operated by
Carnegie Mellon University and sponsored by the U.S. Department of
Defense whose mission is to advance the state of the practice of
software engineering. The CMM is an industry standard developed by
SEI for assessing and improving software processes that result in
higher quality and lower development times and costs. The key
process areas at Level 3 address the organization and
infrastructure that institutionalize effective software engineering
and management processes across all projects. "Achievement of this
milestone is an example of Harris' commitment to providing
customers with high-quality, low-risk products," said Dick
Rzepkowski, Harris RF Communications Division vice president,
Government Systems and Programs. "It was this quality process that
helped drive the development of Sierra(TM) II, which was recently
certified by the National Security Agency." Harris last week
received certification from the National Security Agency (NSA) for
its Sierra II programmable cryptographic module. Sierra II is a
very small cryptographic device that can be embedded in a variety
of voice and data products that require encryption of classified
information prior to transmission or storage. Sierra II is now
NSA-certified for the protection of voice and data traffic up
through the Top Secret/SCI level. Harris RF Communications Division
is a leading supplier of secure voice and data communications
products, systems and networks to military, government and
commercial organizations worldwide. 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 four
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/ . DATASOURCE: Harris
Corporation CONTACT: Susan Giuseppetti, RF Communications Division,
+1-585-241-8187, 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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