Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS) and L-3 Communication Systems-West have integrated the capability to receive and view battlefield video with advanced tactical voice and data communications in a lightweight Harris handheld military radio.

At the annual Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Exposition in Washington, D.C., Harris and L-3 demonstrated a device that integrates the Harris Falcon III® AN/PRC-152 radio platform with the L-3 Soldier Intelligence Receiver (SIR), a portable handheld tactical receiver that receives video downlinks from ISR platforms. Currently, ISR data and ground tactical communications are handled using separate and often non-interoperable technologies. The integrated technology from Harris and L-3 provides users with interoperable voice, data and ISR communications in a single package.

SIR is an IP-based, multi-band, secure digital and analog receiver designed for ease of integration, all within a very small package. The SIR is the smallest tactical ISR receiver on the market, weighing less than one pound and providing a variety of external interfaces to allow connectivity to virtually any existing display device, computer, power source or Soldier System. L-3 Communication Systems-West is a leader in communications systems for high-performance intelligence collection, imagery processing and satellite communications for the DoD and other government agencies. The company provides high data rate, wideband, secure, real-time communications systems for surveillance, reconnaissance and other airborne intelligence collection systems. The AN/PRC-152(C) is the most widely deployed handheld radio to be certified as compliant with the JTRS Software Communications Architecture. The U.S. Department of Defense and allies have acquired more than 125,000 AN/PRC-152(C) radios around the world.