U.S Navy To Receive Tactical Radio Systems From Harris

Harris Corporation has announced that it has received a five-year contract worth $297 million from the U.S Navy to deliver Falcon tactical radio systems. The contract provides major radio types and frequency ranges from the Harris Falcon family, including the Falcon III AN/PRC-117G wideband manpack, the Falcon III AN/PRC-152 multiband handheld and Falcon II AN/PRC-150(C) high-frequency manpack radios. George Helm, president, U.S. Department of Defense business, Harris RF Communications, said, "Harris is the leading global provider of tactical communications to the Department of Defense and allies around the world, with the broadest portfolio of solutions”. “This contract enables the Navy to deploy handheld, manpack, fixed mount/vehicular and base station radios for applications in high-frequency, very-high frequency, ultra-high frequency, line-of-sight and satellite communications. Our products are fully interoperable with all U.S. and coalition forces," he added.