Harris to provide JTRS-Approved Falcon III Tactical Radio Systems to MRAP-ATV program

ROCHESTER, N.Y., 11 Jan. 2010. Harris Corp. (NYSE:HRS) received orders totaling $119 million to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III AN/PRC-152(C) tactical handheld radio systems with vehicular amplifier adapters to the U.S. Department of Defense for use in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) all-terrain vehicles (ATV).

The AN/PRC-152 was selected to provide MRAP users with advanced multiband SINCGARS and Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite communicationsinteroperability.

Harris RF's Falcon family of software-defined tactical radio systems encompasses manpack, handheld, and vehicular applications. Falcon III is the next generation of radios supporting the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements, as well as network-centric operations worldwide.