Harris Corporation Demonstrates Leadership in Wideband Tactical Communications at Combined Endeavor 2009 Military Exercise
October 05 2009 - 1:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (AUSA Booth #1439) --
Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and
information technology company, linked deployed forces and their
commanders through wideband battlefield communication networks that
enabled real-time exchange of tactical voice, video and other data
by participants in Combined Endeavor 2009 (CE-09). Harris provided
wideband tactical radios, broadband satellite terminals, and other
equipment and support for networking to CE-09, the world's largest
military communications information systems exercise. Combined
Endeavor took place Sept. 4 through Sept. 17 and involved more than
1,200 participants from 40 nations spread over three European
countries. The demonstration highlighted Harris Corporation's
leadership and capacity in delivering advanced communications down
to the soldier level for both line-of-sight and beyond-line-of
sight applications. The overall objective of Combined Endeavor is
to allow nations to develop coalition plans and policies, common
tactics and procedures, technical capabilities and familiarity with
each other. "We are leading the way to the networked battlefield,"
said Hal McDougall, vice president and acting general manager,
International Business Unit, Harris RF Communications. "Combined
Endeavor 2009 allowed us to showcase advanced systems that create
flexible battlefield networks in which voice and data are
seamlessly exchanged. Our systems gave participants ready access to
a range of high-data rate applications over links between
commanders and forces in the field." Harris provided its Falcon
III® RF-7800M Multiband Networking Radio, the RF-7800S Secure
Personal Radio and the RF-7800W High-Capacity Line-of-Sight Radio.
These radios were integrated into various system configurations
along with Harris RF-7800B Broadband Global Area Network satellite
terminals to form scalable mobile ad-hoc networking communications
systems that connected widely dispersed troops. Significantly, the
Harris demonstrations involved applications of mobile ad-hoc
networking (MANET), an important concept in tactical communications
in which radios relay and route voice-and-data traffic themselves.
This capability eliminates the need for dedicated switching and
routing devices. In doing so, deployed forces are able to
communicate to more personnel, over longer distances, without
reliance on standard telecommunications infrastructure. This is
first exhibition of mobile ad-hoc networking as part of Combined
Endeavor. Now in its 15th year, Combined Endeavor is sponsored by
the United States European Command. The exercise drew participants
to three areas: Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Netherlands and Denmark.
Harris equipment was deployed in varying configurations in separate
exercises at each location. Harris RF Communications is the leading
global supplier of secure radio communications and embedded
high-grade encryption solutions for military, government and
commercial organizations. The company's Falcon family of
software-defined tactical radio systems encompasses manpack,
handheld and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the
next-generation of radios supporting network-centric operations
worldwide. Harris RF Communications is also a leading supplier of
assured communications systems and equipment for public safety,
utility and transportation markets. About Harris Corporation Harris
is an international communications and information technology
company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150
countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has
approximately $5 billion of annual revenue and more than 15,000
employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists.
Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured
communications® products, systems, and services. Additional
information about Harris Corporation is available at
http://www.harris.com/. DATASOURCE: Harris Corporation CONTACT:
Kevin Aman, RF Communications, +1-585-241-8187, , or Jim Burke,
Corporate Headquarters, +1-321-727-9131, , both of Harris
Corporation Web Site: http://www.harris.com/
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