Harris
Corporation, an international communications and information technology
company, announced that it has received a $66.3 million order from the U.S.
Army via the GSA, FAS Assisted Acquisition Services to offer Falcon IIIAN/PRC-117G
multiband manpack radios in support of the modernization of Brigade Combat Team
tactical communications.

 

“This
order validates the effectiveness of the Army’s Network Integration Evaluation,
which was created to identify and speed the delivery of tactical networking
solutions to the edge,” said Dana Mehnert, group president, Harris RF
Communications.

 

“The
NIE has been a clear success and we look forward to continuing to work with the
Army. As proven at the first NIE and in combat, the AN/PRC-117G delivers
transformational voice and wideband networking capabilities to the soldier, including
the first Type-1 implementation of the JTRS Soldier Radio Waveform,” Mehnert
added.

 

The
Harris radios will become an integral part of the Army’s emerging tactical
network to connect all levels of the battlefield to robust, secure voice and
wideband data communications.

 

The
AN/PRC-117G delivers enhanced command and control and situational awareness
through applications such as streaming video, collaborative chat, biometric
enrollment and secure network connectivity. The Army has identified development
of the tactical network as its top modernization priority.

 

In
addition to AN/PRC-117G radios, Harris is providing AN/VRC-114 vehicular
amplifier adapters, spare radio kits, training and installation to the Army in
connection with its rollout of a broad network-centric battlefield
communications system.

 

AN/PRC-117G,
deployed by all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), provides
unprecedented situational awareness on the battlefield by delivering critical
real-time information to warfighters on the move. Software-defined and
upgradeable, the radio enables mobile ad-hoc networking, voice and
high-bandwidth data applications.

 

Harris
Corporation recently announced that it was awarded four contracts worth a total of over $12 million by the U.S. Air Force’s
Electronic Systems Center through the Cyber Integration Division, Information
Transport Systems Program Management Office.

 

Harris
will install core IT infrastructure upgrades through extensive cabling and
networking components at the four U.S. Air Force bases.  These bases
include: Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana; Creech Air Force Base, Nevada;
Randolph Air Force Base, Texas; and Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

 

By
Telecomlead.com Team
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