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ROCHESTER, N.Y., April 21, 2004. Harris Corporation, a leading supplier of secure, tactical radios for worldwide defense forces, today announced it is on Boeing's team to develop an initial system architecture and design for the Department of Defense's next-generation Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS), which is designed to meet emerging airborne, maritime and fixed-site communications challenges.
Harris participation on the team is leveraged by the JTRS and cryptographic experience of the company's RF Communications Division in Rochester, New York, and the satellite and systems experience of Harris' Government Communications Systems Division in Melbourne, Florida.
The Boeing team, comprising leading platform integrators, hardware providers and networking experts, is pursuing one of two $54 million, 15-month pre-System Development and Demonstration (SDD) contracts for a JTRS variant that merges airborne and maritime/fixed station communications requirements into a single, combined acquisition approach.
The program, referred to as the Airborne, Maritime, Fixed Station (AMF) JTRS, will provide a networked communications capability allowing all U.S. forces to communicate effectively in the joint battlespace.
Harris is one of two developers and sources of supply for the JTR Set, leading the design and integration of the maritime system, and developing the security architecture. Harris is a leading maritime radio developer and manufacturer, with extensive experience and expertise in JTRS radios, maritime communications systems, maritime platform interfaces, and security and cryptographic systems. Harris also is a key supplier of advanced HF communications systems to the U.S. Navy.
In addition to the experience gained from producing its Falcon II family of software-defined radios, Harris has proven performance in demonstrating critical JTRS technologies: JTRS-compatible hardware, Software Communications Architecture (SCA) compliance, waveforms, and cryptology. Harris is an industry leader in the development and manufacturing of JTRS radios to satisfy requirements for the government's initiative to deploy software-defined radios. Harris is a subcontractor on Boeing's winning JTRS Cluster 1 team and was recently selected to incorporate the Harris Sierra cryptographic subsystem into 100 percent of the Cluster 1 radios. Harris also is on the NetForce 5 team in pursuit of JTRS Cluster 5.
AMF JTRS is the result of merging the JTRS airborne and maritime/fixed station acquisitions into a single program under joint U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy oversight. Two contracts will be awarded in June 2004 for the 15-month pre-SDD phase, which will be executed concurrently by two prime contractors with support from two radio suppliers. The ensuing SDD phase will be a full and open competition with contract award anticipated in the fourth quarter of FY2005.
For more information, see www.harris.com.
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