Harris…Flies High With Falcon Contracts

[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), has a big international fan. Harris an international communications and information technology company, has received a multi-year contract exceeding $300 million from an international customer to provide military radios and other equipment as part of a tactical communications modernization program.

In the initial phase of the contract, involving orders greater than $100 million, Harris will provide the full range of communication capabilities from its Falcon II® line, including Falcon II RF-5800M multiband radios; RF-5800V, Very High-Frequency (VHF) radios; and RF-5800H High-Frequency (HF) radios.

Falcon II RF-5800H high-frequency radios provide beyond line-of-sight communications in the most demanding environments, along with advanced features such as Third Generation-Automatic Link Establishment (3G-ALE), integrated data link protocols and embedded GPS receivers.

The Falcon II RF-5800M is a software-programmable handheld radio supporting continuous VHF/UHF operation across the 30 to 512 MHz bandwidth.  RF-5800M radios provide multi-mission, multi-mode secure interoperability in a compact, lightweight package.

The Falcon II RF-5800V is a lightweight VHF handheld radio that provides squad-level communications using the Harris Quicklook waveform and Citadel II encryption.