Harris Corporation Awarded $331M Contract by FAA

Harris Corporation

, an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a seven-year, $331 million contract to provide highly reliable air/ground data communications services for a key Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program. The contract has 10 one-year options that could extend the duration of the program to 2029. Under the Data Communications Integrated Services (DCIS) contract, Harris and its teammates will provide integration and engineering services for the end-to-end DataComm system, including management and delivery of data communications services leveraging commercial air-to-ground digital data link networks to connect FAA air traffic control (ATC) sites and data communications-equipped aircraft. Harris will also establish an outreach initiative to encourage and incentivize aircraft operators to equip their aircraft with DataComm-compatible avionics. DCIS is a key component of the FAA's DataComm program, which ultimately will automate many of today's routine ATC and en route voice communications with