Harris Corporation Selected by Two Industry Teams to Provide Communications Expertise for U.S. Air Force NETCENTS Program
November 10 2004 - 7:58AM
PR Newswire (US)
Harris Corporation Selected by Two Industry Teams to Provide
Communications Expertise for U.S. Air Force NETCENTS Program
MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris
Corporation (NYSE:HRS) today announced that it has been selected to
provide systems integration, network development and communications
technology expertise as a member of two different business teams
working on the U.S. Air Force's $9 billion Network Centric
Solutions (NETCENTS) program. For Harris, the NETCENTS program
represents a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity
(IDIQ) contract opportunity assisting both teams with the
standardization of communications network solutions for the Air
Force and other government agencies. NETCENTS gives the Air Force a
single program to buy net-centric information technologies,
networking equipment and services, and voice, video and data
communications hardware and software. CENTECH Group, Inc. of
Arlington, Virginia, a member of the NETCENTS "small business"
team, selected Harris to provide systems integration and
communications development expertise. General Dynamics of Needham
Heights, Massachusetts selected Harris to lead RF systems and
network development efforts as part of the "large business" team.
"Harris is pleased to be selected for both the small- and
large-business team solutions for the Air Force's NETCENTS
program," said Dan Pearson, president of the Department of Defense
(DoD) Programs business unit of Harris Corporation's Government
Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "Harris is a longtime
leader in RF communications solutions and systems integration
expertise for the DoD, and we are thrilled to be able to bring both
capabilities together to create winning NETCENTS solutions." In
addition to the systems integration and RF work for both teams,
Harris also is providing various commercial off-the-shelf (COTS)
solutions for IT, networking telephony and security, and voice,
video and data communications that will be instrumental in helping
the NETCENTS program satisfy the Air Force's requirements for the
emerging Global Information Grid (GIG). The NETCENTS program was
awarded to a total of eight firms falling into either the small- or
large-businesses category. In addition to General Dynamics, other
members of the large-business team include Booz Allen Hamilton of
McLean, Virginia; Lockheed Martin Corporation of Manassas,
Virginia; and Northrop Grumman Information Technology of Herndon,
Virginia. The small- business team members, in addition to CENTECH,
are Multimax, Inc. of Largo, Maryland; NCI Information Systems Inc.
of Reston, Virginia; and Telos Corporation of Ashburn, Virginia.
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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