Harris Receives $74 M for JTRS-Approved Falcon III Tactical Radio Systems
Category: Contracts
Rochester, NY. -- Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has received additional orders totaling $74 million to supply JTRS-approved Falcon III(r) AN/PRC-152(C) multiband handheld radio systems in vehicular amplifier adapters to the U.S. Department of Defense for use in Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs).
These orders represent a follow-on to the $119 million order announced January 6, 2010.
The Falcon III AN/PRC-152 was selected to provide MRAP users with Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) satellite communications interoperability. The radio serves as the handheld transceiver in the Falcon III(r) AN/VRC-110 vehicular amplifier adapter system.