Satnews Daily
February 25th, 2010

Harris — USMC Has High Freq Tac Talk


Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS has received an order valued at $78 million to provide additional Falcon II(r) AN/VRC-104 high-frequency tactical radio systems for use in U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Mine Resistant Ambush Protected All-Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs).  This order was placed by the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command on behalf of the DoD's Joint MRAP program.  The AN/VRC-104 is a vehicular transceiver/amplifier that includes the AN/PRC-150(C ), a Type-1 high-frequency manpack radio.  Harris HF radios are in widespread use by all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense and allies around the world.