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Harris Corporation Demonstrates Web-Based Weather Planner During 49th Annual ATCA Meeting WASHINGTON, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading integrator of air traffic control communications systems and weather data processing solutions for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), today unveiled WxPLAN(TM), an advanced, Web-based weather planner that allows general aviation pilots to directly access multiple layers of weather data for accurate flight planning. The Harris system is being demonstrated October 31 through November 3 during the Air Traffic Control Association's (ATCA) 49th Annual Conference and Exhibition (Harris Booth #301) being held at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington D.C. WxPLAN is unique in that it allows pilots and Air Flight Service Station (AFSS) personnel to integrate and overlay several weather products without clicking in and out of their primary flight-route planning map. WxPLAN can be accessed from any computer using a standard Web browser. It is easy to use, highly flexible, and enables pilots to save preferred sites for repeated access and use. "This is an exciting new product that will enhance the efficiency and safety of the general aviation community," said Al Dukes, president of the Civil Programs business unit of Harris Corporation's Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "This is just one of several new offerings that we are developing to address the FAA's initiative to modernize general aviation flight services." Harris is teamed with the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Most Efficient Organization (MEO) in competing for the outsourcing of AFSSs that support general aviation. Harris will provide systems integration and communications expertise under the A-76 bid, including flight planning and weather briefing support. Harris already provides these services to the AFSSs under the Operational And Supportability Implementation System (OASIS) and is now bidding to continue in that role as part of the FAA MEO team. Harris has a long history of developing and integrating system solutions for the FAA and the global air traffic control network. Other FAA programs developed by Harris are the Weather And Radar Processor (WARP), a weather system serving the en-route air traffic control environment; OASIS, an integrated weather/flight planning tool that enables AFSSs to better serve the general aviation pilot community; the Voice Switching and Control System (VSCS), which provides the critical air-to-ground communications links between en-route aircraft and air traffic controllers throughout the continental United States; and the Alaskan NAS Interfacility Communications System (ANICS), a satellite-based network that provides critical NAS interfacility communications (voice and data) for the FAA's Alaskan Region. In addition, Harris is the prime contractor for the FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program, which will provide improved communications services to more than 5,000 FAA facilities nationwide. 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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