Harris Presents on Weather Information and NextGen Air at AMS
On January 20, Harris Corporation will be discussing new approaches to integrating weather information into the Next Generation Air Transportation System at the 90th American Meteorological Society (AMS) conference held January 17-21 in Atlanta the Georgia World Congress Center.
The presentations will take place Aviation, Range and Aerospace Conference session titled “Weather Information Users: The Next-Generation [...]
Harris Corp. Donates OS/COMET TT&C Software to Navy Postgraduate School
Harris Corporation has announced that it has donated the OS/COMET® Telemetry, Tracking and Command (TT&C) software to the FLTSATCOM lab of the Navy Postgraduate School (NPS).
OS/COMET is a commercial software tool offering enhanced TT&C capabilities for military, intelligence and commercial satellite constellations. OS/COMET was donated to the Naval Postgraduate School to support studies involving hardware-in-the-loop, [...]
Harris Corporation Boosts Signage Team
Harris Corporation, a Florida-based communications and information technology firm, has announced the hiring of two industry mainstays in an ongoing effort to strengthen Broadcast Communications digital signage team.
Rebecca Walt and Carre Dawson will function as directors of business development in the eastern and western regions of North America, respectively.
Over the past decade, Walt and Dawson [...]
Washington, DC Area Broadcasters Plan to Utilize Harris Corporation Technology at Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase.
Harris Corporation has announced they will support six of the eight stations participating in the upcoming Mobile DTV Consumer Showcase. They have supplied their MPH platform for ATSC Mobile DTV to stations owned and operated by Fox, ION, and PBS. CBS and Telefutura affiliate stations were also supplied with the platform as well as an [...]
U.S. Department of Defense Uses Harris Corp Radios in MRAP Vehicles
Harris Corporation received $228 million from the U.S. Marine Corps to provide Falcon II AN?VRC -104 high frequency radio systems to be used in Department of Defense All Terrain Vehicles.
“The Department of Defense will use the AN/VRC-104 radio system to provide reliable, secure beyond line-of-sight terrestrial communications for this new class of armored vehicle,” said [...]
Harris Corp Products Increasing Air Traffic Communication in the Philippines
Recently, Harris Corporation announced that their air traffic control and radio communications technology will provide critical services for a new control center in the Philippines. The control center based in Manila will connect with remote sites through the archipelago.
The Harris Liberty Star Voice Communication and Control System will be used to enhance communication between air [...]
New L-3 Communications Spy Plane to be in Afghanistan by Christmas
Christmas has come early for a few Air Force pilots stationed in Afghanistan. The first of the 24 new Hawker Beechcraft airplanes modified by L-3 Communications will be delivered to Afghanistan by Christmas.
These spy planes are equipped to support ground troops with still images, video and surveillance information. The modified planes have high resolution and [...]
Illinois Governor’s Award for Continuous Improvement in Environmental Sustainability Awarded to Harris Corp
Harris Corporation has received the 2009 Illinois Governor’s Award for Continuous Improvement in Environmental Sustainability. The ongoing efforts to be ‘green’ at the Quincy, Illinois manufacturing facility led to the award.
This is the fifth award Harris Corp. has received for its efforts to being more environmentally friendly. Several of the achievements leading to the award [...]
M&A Activity- Harris Corp Aquires VA Contractor
Harris Corp. has acquired privately held Patriot Technologies LLC, which provides IT services to the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The move positions the company to provide complete interoperability solutions that address the national priority of VA and Military Health System enterprise integration.
Howard L. Lance, chairman, president and CEO of Harris Corporation, said “Patriot’s VA credentials, relationships [...]
News- Harris Corporation Completes Review for Satellite Ground Contract
Harris Corporation announced the successful completion of the first portion of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) program. The NOAA program is designed to provide weather images to over 10,000 users and process data 40 times faster than what is presently possible.
The review of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite- Series R (GOES-R) Ground Segment [...]
