Kent Buchanan is chief technology officer and vice president of engineering for Harris Corp., where he works to integrate dual-purpose technologies for defense, national intelligence, and healthcare customers, among others. Prior to joining Harris’ leadership team, he spent time at companies such as Motorola and General Electric and served as an Air Force officer, where he [...]
Harris Corp. will help the Department of Veterans Affairs implement updates to its system for searching codes that are used to diagnose patients. According to a Thursday company release, the VA is transitioning from the ninth version of the International Classification of Diseases to the tenth version. VA users will have a new search functionality [...]
Harris Corp. has won a $19.4 million task order to install Wi-Fi systems at hospitals run by the Department of Veterans Affairs, NextGov reports. The Melbourne, Fla.-based communications and contracting firm will install Wi-Fi and real-time tracking systems at 26 sites. Nearly 111 VA facilities do not have Wi-Fi that supports real-time tracking equipment and [...]
Harris Corp. has won a $15.2 million order to provide customer field support for tactical radios in Australia, the company announced Thursday. The company will install the Falcon III AN/PRC-152 multiband hand held and AN/PRC-150 HF radios. The Melbourne, Fla.-based contractor will also provide training, engineering, maintenance, logistical and system integration support. The Australia military [...]
The U.S. Army aims to improve its acquisition procedures through network integration evaluations this coming May and will begin to purchase bite-sized chunks of technology instead of pursuing larger projects, AOL Defense reports. According to Army Staff Col. John Morrison, the Army typically changes their acquisition approach as a result of NIE, which is a [...]
Harris Corp. has won a subcontract from Computer Sciences Corp. to provide operations and maintenance services to the U.S. Navy’s enterprise network. Melbourne, Fla.-based Harris said Wednesday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract contains one base year and four one year options. The contractor plans to provide enterprise-wide operational support, including theater service desk support, field support and network [...]
Harris Corp. will discontinue offering remote cloud hosting to government customers as the company determined agencies prefer hosting information on their own premises. Harris said it will sell its related data center facility in Harrisonburg, Va as it discontinues its cyber integrated solutions operation. Harris President and CEO William Brown said the market for cybersecurity [...]
