Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received an $18 million order from the U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command's Battlefield Air Operations office for the Harris Falcon III AN/PRC-117G wideband tactical radio system. The Air Force is acquiring the AN/PRC-117G to expand the use of high-bandwidth data applications.

The Falcon III AN/PRC-117G is the first JTRS-approved tactical radio to offer reliable and secure access to high-bandwidth applications — such as streaming video, reconnaissance information, and biometrics — in addition to narrowband legacy waveforms. The radio is certified by the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) as compliant with Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) military standards and upgradeable to access the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS), both for transmitting high-bandwidth voice and data over tactical military satellites. The AN/PRC-117G includes a Remote Operated Video Enhanced Receiver (ROVER) interoperable mode that provides Air Force personnel on the battlefield with the ability to receive live video directly from unmanned aerial vehicles systems (UAVs). This capability allows dismounted soldier to carry only one radio in situations where two radios were previously required. The AN/PRC-117G previously received Type-1 information security certification from the National Security Agency.