Harris Corporation Awarded $17 Million Order to Supply Tactical Radios to Middle East Nation

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Harris Corporation HRS has received a $17 million order to supply Falcon III® multiband networking radios to a nation in the Middle East as part of a tactical communications modernization program.

The Harris RF-7850M radios will provide wideband networking to forces at the brigade level and below and will deliver command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities. The RF-7850M is the first international tactical radio to simultaneously support wideband communications, mobile ad-hoc networking, and legacy narrowband waveforms.

"The RF-7850 represents the latest generation of wideband, software-defined networking radio technology," said Chris Young, president of Harris Communication Systems. "It will immediately enable our customer to conduct the C4ISR operations that are essential to daily missions."

About Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving our customers' toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that connect, inform and protect. Harris supports customers in more than 125 countries, has approximately $8 billion in annual revenue and 22,000 employees worldwide. The company is organized into four business segments: Communication Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems, Electronic Systems, and Critical Networks. Learn more at harris.com.

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