Harris Awarded $15 M to Provide Tactical Radios to Poland

(Paris, June 18, 2008) -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a $15 million contract to supply the Polish Ministry of National Defense with tactical communications equipment and accessories.

Harris will provide Falcon II(r) RF-5800H and RF-5800M manpack radios, vehicular installations, accessories and spare parts to the Combat Net Radio program of the Polish Armed Forces. The contract from the Ministry of National Defense was awarded through Military Communications Works (MCW) No 2 (Wojskowe Zaklady Lacznosci Nr 2), located in Czernica, Poland. "The multi-year partnership between Harris Corporation and MCW will lead to greater efficiency of Polish C2 systems," said Mr. Jerzy Surma, president of MCW No. 2.

"Through this contract, Harris will continue the standardization of the RF-5800H and RF-5800M radios in the Polish military," said Ed Lockwood, vice president of sales, International Government Systems, Harris RF Communications. "Our radios will allow Polish peacekeepers to use state-of-the-art tactical communications systems to complete their missions in deployed areas."

Source : Harris Corporation

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