[SatNews] Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS has received a $5.5 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for additional vehicular amplifier adapters for Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G wideband manpack tactical radios.

The Marines are acquiring the equipment — which delivers high-speed wideband networking on the move — in connection with tactical radio modernization. The AN/PRC-117G radio provides warfighters with unprecedented situational awareness of the battlefield by enabling applications such as streaming video, simultaneous voice and data feeds, collaborative chat, and connectivity to secure networks. The wideband networking capabilities of the AN/PRC-117G deliver critical real-time information through a man-portable radio that is smaller, lighter and more capable than legacy radios. The AN/PRC-117G is the first JTRS Software Communications Architecture (SCA)-certified and NSA Type-1 certified wideband manpack radio system. Harris AN/PRC-117G radios are mounted into the AN/VRC-114 50-watt vehicular amplifier adapters to provide greater power output and connectivity to other networked systems. The vehicular amplifier adapters recently received the AN/VRC-114 nomenclature from the U.S. Department of Defense.