[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) has received a $14.4 million order to provide additional RF-310M-HH handheld tactical radios for improved secure communications interoperability.

Harris will deliver RF-310M radios to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) under the U.S. Department of Defense Coalition Readiness Support Program. The multiband, multi-mission, software-defined RF-310M is the first NSA-certified tactical radio to use Type-1 Suite-B encryption algorithms for protecting voice and data transmissions up to SECRET level classification. Suite B capability enables secure interoperable communication between coalition units using RF-310M-HH radios and U.S. forces using either RF-310M-HH or other Suite B tactical radio products, such as the Falcon III® AN/PRC-152(C) handheld and AN/PRC-117G manpack radios.

The RF-310M-HH radio uses the Sierra IIB programmable encryption module, certified by the NSA in June 2009. In addition to military applications, the RF-310M-HH also hosts the APCO P25 waveform. The P25 waveform provides interoperability with radios used by police and other emergency response organizations, allowing the RF-310M-HH to span the gap between tactical and public safety networks. The RF-310M provides users with programmable encryption technology, a Software Communications Architecture (SCA) and coverage of the entire 30-512 MHz frequency range.