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  • Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Teams Up With Harris, Comtech PST to Demo Jammer Tech for Navy Growlers

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with Harris and a Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary to demonstrate existing jammer systems for integration into the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. Northrop said Wednesday it formed the team after it received in October a potential 20-month, $35M contract from Naval Air Systems Command to support the service’s Next Generation […] More

  • Harris Delivers Mirror for NSF's Ground-Based Astronomical Observatory - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Delivers Mirror for NSF’s Ground-Based Astronomical Observatory

    Harris has built and delivered a 3,500-pound mirror the National Science Foundation will integrate with a ground-based observatory designed to identify new solar systems and potentially hazardous asteroids. The company said Monday it shipped the secondary mirror for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope and will also provide associated ground support equipment and cell assembly components for LSST. An NSF-led […] More

  • NSA Certifies Harris' Software-Based Handheld Radio Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NSA Certifies Harris’ Software-Based Handheld Radio Tech

    Harris has obtained Type-1 certification from the National Security Agency for a handheld networking radio technology the company designed to help military users transmit data and voice communications. NSA approved the AN/PRC-163 radio to deliver information up to the Top Secret classification level and full-motion videos for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Harris said Tuesday. The small form factor […] More

  • Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Supplies Additional GPS III Satellite Navigation Payload to Lockheed

    Harris has delivered the sixth of 10 navigation payloads for integration into a GPS III military communications satellite that Lockheed Martin is building for the U.S. Air Force. The payload includes a mission data unit designed to connect atomic clocks, radiation-hardened processors and transmitters for signal generation, Harris said Thursday. Lockheed has integrated Harris-built navigation systems on five GPS III satellites, […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary to Integrate Tactical Waveform in Harris Radios for Air Force - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary to Integrate Tactical Waveform in Harris Radios for Air Force

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has signed a licensing agreement to provide communication waveforms for integration into tactical radio systems Harris will produce for the U.S. Air Force. Kratos RT Logic will equip handheld video data link radios with bandwidth and standard common data links, vortex native waveform, tactical data link and 466-extended range for ground troops to […] More

  • FAA Selects Nine Firms to Participate in Drone Authorization Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Selects Nine Firms to Participate in Drone Authorization Program

    The Federal Aviation Administration has selected nine companies to support a program that delivers authorizations in real time to drone operators seeking to fly their unmanned aircraft systems in controlled airspace. The agency said Monday the new partners under the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability effort are permitted to process drone flying applications. The […] More

  • Harris to Develop Computing Processor System for Lockheed F-35s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Develop Computing Processor System for Lockheed F-35s

    Harris has been selected to develop an integrated core processor for the F-35 aircraft through a partnership with Lockheed Martin. ICP will work to process data from the fighter aircraft’s communications, sensors, electronic warfare, control, guidance and avionics systems, Lockheed said Thursday. The F-35 prime contractor expects Harris to deliver the processors beginning in 2023 for […] More

  • Army Orders Harris Tactical Radios, Equipment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Harris Tactical Radios, Equipment

    Harris will provide more than 1.K units of the AN/PRC-163 handheld radio system, equipment and support services to the U.S. Army under new orders awarded through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Thursday its AN/PRC-163 radio uses two-channel connectivity to facilitate tactical data transmission across the battlefield network and chain of command. Army personnel use the […] More

  • Harris Backs STEM Programs to Foster Space Innovation; William Brown Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Backs STEM Programs to Foster Space Innovation; William Brown Quoted

    Harris has pledged to support science, technology, engineering and math education through grant funds in a move to inspire future space innovators. The company said Thursday that, for the third consecutive year, it will back the Space Foundation’s Space in the Community program that seeks to inform students, teachers, parents and community members about space and […] More

  • Lockheed Taps Harris for Audio Communications Tech for NASA Manned Space Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Taps Harris for Audio Communications Tech for NASA Manned Space Mission

    Harris will deliver a spacecraft audio communications system as a subcontractor of Lockheed Martin for a manned NASA deep-space mission slated for launch by 2022. The audio and speaker system for the Orion spacecraft will support Exploration Mission-2 operations and will facilitate communications between astronauts and NASA, Harris said Tuesday. Murali Krishnan, vice president and general manager […] More

  • Harris Provides Sensor for Japanese Greenhouse Gas-Monitoring Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Provides Sensor for Japanese Greenhouse Gas-Monitoring Satellite

    Harris has developed an environmental-monitoring sensor to be installed in a Japanese government satellite that will work to study greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite-2 that Mitsubishi Electric is building for the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency will be launched in the country’s 2018 fiscal year, Harris said Wednesday. The Harris-built sensor, called the Thermal […] More

  • Harris to Update CBP Communications Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris to Update CBP Communications Platform

    Harris has received two contracts worth a combined $26 million to update communications systems that support Customs and Border Protection missions. The company said Tuesday it will supply CBP with XL-200P public safety radios that feature active noise cancellation, Bluetooth technology, global positioning system and a customizable user interface. XL-200P is equipped with a software-based architecture and designed to comply […] More