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HARRIS CORPORATION
Official Website: http://www.harris.com
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Location: 1025 West NASA Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 32919-0001 United States
Founded: 1916
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Phone: +1 321-727-9100
Fax: +1 321-724-3973


Background

Publicly Traded on New York Stock Exchange (HRS:New York)

"Harris Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a communications and information technology company that serves government and commercial markets worldwide.


    • Significant Events:

In November 2011, AT&T, Inc. and Harris Corp. are forming an alliance to develop and deliver next generation LTE wireless solutions for agencies and first responders whose lifesaving efforts depend on timely access to critical information. "


As of July 1 2011, the company was awarded various new contracts and follow-on contracts under classified programs.

+ It also were awarded a 30-month contract by Sierra Nevada Corporation to design, build, and integrate the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite payload as part of NASA’s Rapid Response Space Works and Modular Space Vehicles program;

+ a three-year contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems to build Ka-band antennas for 3 Inmarsat-5 satellites; and

+ a 3 year contract from Boeing Space and Intelligence Systems for a 22-meter deployable L-band reflector to support military and civil communications in Mexico.


Acquisitions:

+ In July 2010, the company acquired Privately held CapRock Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including CapRock Communications, Inc. (collectively, CapRock), a global provider of managed satellite communications services for the government, energy and maritime industries. CapRock’s solutions include broadband Internet access, voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP) telephony, wideband networking and real-time video, delivered to approximately 2,000 customer sites worldwide.


+ In 2011, the company acquired from Schlumberger B.V. and its affiliates (Schlumberger) the assets of the Schlumberger group’s Global Connectivity Services business (Schlumberger GCS), a provider of satellite and terrestrial communications services for the worldwide energy industry.

+ In April 2011, the company acquired Carefx Corporation (Carefx), a provider of interoperability workflow solutions for government and commercial healthcare providers. Carefx’s solution suite is used by approximately 800 hospitals, healthcare systems and health information exchanges across North America, Europe and Asia.


Segments

The company’s segments include RF Communications, Integrated Network Solutions, and Government Communications Systems.

  • RF Communications:

This segment consists of the U.S. Department of Defense and International Tactical Communications and Public Safety and Professional Communications. This segment supplies secure tactical radio communications and embedded encryption solutions for military, government, and commercial organizations and also of secure communications systems and equipment for public safety, utility, and transportation markets.


  • U.S. Department of Defense and International Tactical Communications:

The company designs, develops, and manufactures a line of secure radio communications products and systems for manpack, handheld, soldier-worn, vehicular, strategic fixed-site and shipboard applications that operate in various radio frequency bands — high-frequency (HF), very high-frequency (VHF) and ultra high-frequency (UHF), as well as in multiband mode and over satellite communications (SATCOM).

The company’s Falcon family of tactical radios is built on a software-defined radio platform that is reprogrammable to add features or software upgrades.

The company’s Falcon III family of radios is the next generation of multiband, multi-mission tactical radios supporting the U.S. military’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) requirements, as well as network-centric operations worldwide. The company’s Falcon III multiband manpack radio, the AN/PRC-117G (117G), is the JTRS Software Communications Architecture (SCA)-certified and National Security Agency (NSA) Type-1 certified manpack radio system providing wideband networking capability, enabling the transition to a networked battlefield communications environment and high-bandwidth applications, including streaming video, simultaneous voice and data feeds, intelligence reporting and analysis, collaborative chat, route planning, convoy tracking, checkpoint biometrics and connectivity to secure networks (SIPRNet).

The 117G uses the Harris-developed Adaptive Networking Wideband Waveform (ANW2) for high bandwidth data operation and is designed for upgrade to the JTRS Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW). The 117G’s wideband network access capabilities give warfighters and field commanders critical real-time information. The 117G has been deployed to all branches of the DoD and is being used in various ground, vehicular and airborne applications, including intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR). The 117G includes a Remote Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) interoperable mode that provides warfighters on the battlefield with the ability to receive live video directly from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This capability allows users to receive video feeds directly from UAVs without an intermediary or having to pass that information from a base station.


    • The company’s cryptographic solutions encompass NSA-certified products and systems that range from single integrated circuits to major communications systems, including its Sierra and Citadel embedded encryption solutions and KGV-72 blue force tracking programmable encryption devices and its SecNet 11 and SecNet 54 Internet Protocol (IP) communications families of communications security (COMSEC) terminals.


As of July 1, 2011, the company received tactical radio orders from, and/or made deliveries to, a range of international customers, including Afghanistan, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico and various countries in Africa, Asia and Southeast Asia.

Additionally, the company provides integrated communications systems for the international market. The company’s integrated systems offerings are based on its products, but include other companies’ products, as well as various applications to implement integrated command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems for different types of platforms, including command post and transit case systems, vehicular and shelter communications systems and specialized airborne applications, which are frequently used in border security and surveillance systems.


Public Safety and Professional Communications:

The company supplies assured communications systems and equipment for public safety, federal, utility, commercial and transportation markets, with products ranging from wireless network infrastructure solutions, including IP voice and data networks, that support multiple platforms and provide interoperability among disparate systems, to portable and mobile single-band and multiband, multimode radios, to public safety-grade broadband voice, video and data solutions.

The company owns Tyco Electronics wireless systems business (Wireless Systems). As part of its business of designing, building, distributing, maintaining and supplying wireless communications systems, the company offers its Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access (VIDA) network platform — a unified IP-based voice and data communication system based on APCO P25 that provides network-level interoperable communications among public safety agencies and that supports a line of communications systems, including OpenSky, NetworkFirst, P25IP and Enhanced Digital Access Communication System (EDACS), allowing interconnection of systems.

In addition to a range of single-band land mobile radio terminals, the company offers its Unity family of multiband radios, including the Unity XG-100P handheld radio and the new Unity XG-100M full-spectrum mobile radio for vehicles. The company’s Unity multiband radios cover all public safety frequency bands in a single radio; operate on APCO P25 conventional and trunked systems; are backwards compatible with analog FM systems; and include capabilities, such as an internal Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver for situational awareness, internal secure Bluetooth wireless technology, and background noise suppression features.


  • Integrated Network Solutions:

This segment addresses the global market for integrated communications and information technology and services and provides various networking capabilities to support government, energy, healthcare, enterprise and broadcast customers.

These capabilities include;

mission-critical information technology (IT) services; managed satellite and terrestrial communications solutions; standards-based healthcare interoperability and image management solutions; cyber integration and cloud application hosting solutions; and digital media management solutions.


    • IT Services:

The company provides solutions in mission-critical IT transformation, IT services and information assurance.

The company’s IT services solutions include outsourced staffing and infrastructure, sustained by operations and maintenance offerings, and are based on a flexible, scalable and repeatable service level agreement (SLA) performance-driven business model, frequently in a fixed-price environment.

The company’s information assurance solutions include;

+ architecture analysis;

+ attack warning and defense;

+ identity management;

+ security assessments;

+ certification and accreditation process support;

+ forensics analysis and vulnerability remediation;

+ system anomaly monitoring, detection and management;

+ physical security countermeasures.


The company’s information assurance solutions safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of enterprise infrastructures, systems and critical business data over the full IT lifecycle, from infrastructure design to integration and testing to operations and maintenance.

The company provides operations and maintenance support at locations around the world for the communications functions for the U.S. Air Force 50th Space Wing’s Satellite Control Network (AFSCN), a global, continuously operational network of ground stations, operational control nodes and communications links that support launch and command and control of various space programs managed by the DoD and other national security space organizations, under the Network and Space Operations and Maintenance (NSOM) program.

It provides the U.S. Navy with support for data, video and voice communications for approximately 700,000 users as a Tier One subcontractor under the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) program.

The company provides operations, maintenance and support services for the global communications and information systems network for the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) under a program called Patriot.

  • It provides IT integration of installation, training, help desk, passport and configuration management services for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs in support of approximately 230 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide.
  • It provides system maintenance and engineering for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Crisis Management System.

The company designs and manages systems that combine IP television (IPTV) and digital signage and IT infrastructure to create a media workflow for an in-arena network for the Orlando Magic’s new basketball arena.

The company provides IT services, content delivery, hardware and software for a project in collaboration with Digital Display Networks, Inc. and ABC to create digital out-of-home advertising networks in the world, 7-Eleven TV, which has been installed in approximately 3,000 7-Eleven stores.


Managed Satellite and Terrestrial Communications Solutions:

The company provides managed satellite and terrestrial communications solutions, specifically for remote and harsh environments, including the energy, government, and maritime industries.

The company owns and operates a global infrastructure that includes;

+ Teleports on 6 continents;

+ 5 network operations centers running 24 hours per day, seven days per week; local presence in 23 countries; and

+ Approximately 275 global field service personnel supporting customer locations across North America, Central and South America, Europe, West Africa and the Asia-Pacific.


The company’s solutions include broadband Internet access, VOIP telephony, wideband networking and real-time video, delivered to customer sites worldwide.


Healthcare Solutions:

The company provides enterprise intelligence solutions and services for government and commercial customers, including systems integration, intelligent infrastructure, interoperability, imaging and other IT solutions.

It offers commercial providers a range of interoperability solutions, including IT infrastructure and management, clinical workflow and analytics, health information exchange, and imaging.


    • Cyber Integrated Solutions:


The Harris Trusted Enterprise Cloud is a cloud application hosting system that the company offers as a Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) designed to enable clients to extend and enhance their IT operations.


The company’s Trusted Enterprise Cloud solution is delivered via The Harris Cyber Integration Center, located in its approximately 100,000-square-foot data center facility in the Mid-Atlantic region.


Broadcast and New Media Solutions:

The company offers hardware and software products, systems and services that provide interoperable workflow solutions for broadcast, cable, satellite and out-of-home networks worldwide.


The company is supporting customers as they upgrade media operations to digital and high definition (HD) services from analog and standard definition (SD) services and as they expand services for HD television (HDTV), IPTV, video-on-demand and interactive TV.

The company serves the global digital and analog media markets, providing;

+ Infrastructure and networking products and solutions;

+ Media and server systems; and

+ Television and radio transmission equipment and systems.


The company’s infrastructure and networking solutions offerings enable media companies to streamline workflow from production through transmission.

The company offers a portfolio of products, including signal processors, routers, master control and branding systems, network monitoring and control software, test and measurement instruments, multi-image display processors, broadcast graphics, and highly differentiated network access and multiplex platforms.

The company develops, manufactures, and supplies television and radio transmission systems for delivery of media over wireless broadcast terrestrial networks on a worldwide basis, including mobile TV applications.


  • Government Communications Systems:

This segment conducts research and produces, integrates and supports net-centric communications and information technology that solve the challenges of its civilian, defense and intelligence government customers, primarily the U.S. Government, and consists of Civil Programs, Defense Programs, and National Intelligence Programs.


  • Civil Programs:

The company provides communications and information processing systems that meet the needs of customers in the U.S. civilian Federal market, including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The company’s networks and information systems for large-scale, geographically dispersed enterprises offers capabilities for collecting, processing, analyzing, interpreting, displaying, distributing, storing and retrieving data.

The company’s ground data processing systems consist of suites of hardware and software that receive sensor data from satellites, turning it into useable information.


  • Defense Programs:

The company develops, supplies and integrates communications and information processing products, systems and networks for a base of aerospace, terrestrial and maritime applications supporting DoD missions.

The company’s major technology capabilities include;

+ Ground control systems and SATCOM terminals for transportable ground, fixed-site and shipboard applications;

+ Flat-panel, phased-array and single-mission antennas; aviation electronics for military jets, including digital maps, modems, sensors, data buses, fiber optics and microelectronics; and

+ High-speed data links and data networks for wireless communications.


The company’s Highband Networking Radio (HNR) provides secure, wireless, high-bandwidth, on-the-move communications among users of widely dispersed local area networks (LANs) by establishing line-of-sight connectivity using directive beam antenna technology and a Harris-developed waveform that automatically selects the communications path available, allowing communication of voice, video and data to all levels of command.

The company is producing and delivering HNRs under the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program.

The company offers Knighthawk 3G, a ruggedized, highly mobile tactical base station that enables warfighters on the move to maintain third generation (3G) cellular services in locations with limited or no cellular connectivity.

Knighthawk 3G is a customizable cellular network in a box compatible with COTS equipment, including smartphones and tablets.


  • National Intelligence Programs:

" The company is a developer, supplier, and integrator of communications and information processing products, systems and networks for a base of U.S. Intelligence Community programs, and it supports the ongoing transformation of the Intelligence Community into a collaborative enterprise. Serving primarily national intelligence and security agency customers, including NSA, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the company provides integrated ISR solutions that improve situational awareness, data collection accuracy and product analysis by correlating near real-time mission data and intelligence reference data for display and analysis by strategic and tactical planners and decision makers. The company provides advanced image exploitation and dissemination solutions for ISR applications by advancing image processing, image data fusion, display technologies and digital product generation techniques. It engages in the design and development of antenna and reflector technologies for commercial space telecommunications applications. With approximately 50 reflectors in orbit, the company operates as a supplier of large reflector apertures and deployable mesh antenna systems for government and commercial applications. It also offers cyber security solutions and enterprise analytics, including an array of mission-enabling engineering solutions that address both offensive and defensive IT security challenges, providing critical support to Federal law enforcement and other U.S. Government agencies. "

" The company’s Highband Networking Radio (HNR) provides secure, wireless, high-bandwidth, on-the-move communications among users of dispersed local area networks by establishing line-of-sight connectivity using directive beam antenna technology and a Harris-developed waveform that automatically selects the communications path available, allowing communication of voice, video and data to all levels of command. It produces and delivers HNRs under the U.S. Army’s Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program. The company offers Knighthawk 3G, a ruggedized, highly mobile tactical base station that enables warfighters on the move to maintain third generation cellular services in locations with limited or no cellular connectivity. Knighthawk 3G is a customizable cellular network in a box compatible with COTS equipment, including smartphones and tablets."


    • Competition:

In the RF Communications segment, principal competitors include European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. (EADS), General Dynamics, ITT Industries, Motorola Solutions, Raytheon, Rohde & Schwarz, Tadiran and Thales. In the Integrated Network Solutions segment, principal competitors include Avid, Computer Sciences Corporation, Evertz, EVS Corporation, General Dynamics, Globecomm, Harmonic, Hewlett Packard, Lockheed Martin, ManTech, Miranda, MTN, NCI Information Systems, NEC, Northrop Grumman, Omnibus, Raytheon, RigNet, Rohde & Schwarz, Sony Broadcast, Stratos, TCS, Technicolor, Tektronix/Danaher, Telos Corporation, Thomson, and Vizada.


In the Government Communications Systems segment, principal competitors include BAE Systems, Boeing, General Dynamics, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, and Rockwell Collins.

Businessweek

Products

  • Stingray
  • Knighthawk
  • Tyco Electronics wireless systems
  • The Harris Trusted Enterprise Cloud is a cloud application hosting system that the company offers as a Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) designed to enable clients to extend and enhance their IT operations. The company’s Trusted Enterprise Cloud solution is delivered via The Harris Cyber Integration Center, located in its approximately 100,000-square-foot data center facility in the Mid-Atlantic region.

Countries using products

The company owns and operates a global infrastructure that includes;

Teleports on 6 continents; 5 network operations centers running 24 hours per day, seven days per week; local presence in 23 countries;

and approximately 275 global field service personnel supporting customer locations across North America, Central and South America, Europe, West Africa and the Asia-Pacific.

"The majority of its international marketing activities are conducted through subsidiaries which operate in Canada, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South America, and Asia. The company has also established international marketing organizations and various regional sales offices. The company utilizes indirect sales channels, including dealers, distributors and sales representatives, in the marketing and sale of some lines of products and equipment, both domestically and internationally."

Reports

Declan McCullagh], CNET

Tech & Business Partners

The company’s customers include Chevron, Diamond Offshore, ExxonMobil, Halliburton, MODEC, Shell, Transocean, KBR, Green Reefers, Gulf Offshore, Seatrans, Oceaneering, Subsea 7, the DoD, the Department of Homeland Security and other Federal civilian U.S. Government agencies, and in addition, the company are a preferred supplier to the Schlumberger group.

"provides IT integration of installation, training, help desk, passport and configuration management services for the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Consular Affairs in support of approximately 230 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide."

"provides system maintenance and engineering for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Crisis Management System. "

"The company designs and manages systems that combine IP television (IPTV) and digital signage and IT infrastructure to create a media workflow for an in-arena network for the Orlando Magic’s new basketball arena.

The company provides IT services, content delivery, hardware and software for a project in collaboration with Digital Display Networks, Inc. and ABC to create digital out-of-home advertising networks in the world, 7-Eleven TV, which has been installed in approximately 3,000 7-Eleven stores.

People Responsible

Exectives

  • William M. Brown, CEO and President 49
  • Gary L. McArthur, CFO and Senior Vice President 52
  • Daniel R. Pearson, COO and Executive Vice President 60
  • Dan Barron, Regional President of Wisconsin-North Region
  • Guy M. Campbell, President of Microwave Communications Division 65


Board Members

  • Thomas Dattilo, Non-Executive Chairman, Chairman of Management Development and Compensation Committee and Member of Corporate Governance Committee -- 61
  • Gregory Swienton, Ryder System, Inc. 62
  • Lewis Hay III, NextEra Energy, Inc. 56
  • David Rickard, Dollar General Corporation 65
  • Leslie Kenne, USAF (retired), Harris Corp. 63
  • Karen Katen, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures 63
  • Stephen Kaufman, KLA-Tencor Corporation 69
  • James Stoffel Ph.D.,Trillium Group, LLC 66
  • Hansel Tookes II, Raytheon Aircraft Holdings, Inc. 64
  • Terry Growcock, Fincantieri Marine Group 66
  • Peter Chiarelli (Ret.) Harris Corp.


Management Team


Investors


Major Shareholders

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