Harris Corporation Awarded $3.2 Million Contract to Upgrade NOAA's Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational System.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leader in satellite communications equipment and integrated network control and support systems, today announced that it has been awarded a $3.2 million contract by Integral Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:ISYS) of Lanham, Maryland, to support the design, development, integration and testing of the Initial Joint Polar-orbiting Operational System (IJPS). The announcement was made during the 19th National Space Symposium (Harris Booth #3-6), held April 7-10, at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

"This is an important initiative that will bring together the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather satellite programs with those of the European meteorological community," said Phil Heacock, vice president, Space and Mission Support programs, Harris Technical Services Corporation (HTSC). "We are very pleased that Integral Systems has selected Harris as its teammate for this program."

Under terms of the contract, HTSC's Omaha, Nebraska operation will be responsible for the program. The program provides for the upgrade and augmentation of the current National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) ground system located at the Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) in Suitland, Maryland, and at the Command and Data Acquisition Stations (CDAS) in Fairbanks, Alaska, and Wallops Island, Virginia.

The purpose of the IJPS CSU (CDA and SOCC Upgrade) program is to facilitate the NESDIS POES ground system's support of future POES satellites, as well as the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) Meteorological Operational (MetOp) series of satellites, which are scheduled to be launched beginning in 2005. Under the IJPS agreement, NOAA and EUMETSAT will share resources in a cooperative venture beneficial to both parties and to the world's meteorological community.

HTSC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corporation, serving the information technology service marketplace. HTSC provides world-class, cost-effective operations, maintenance, engineering, and technical support services to the U.S. Government, its prime contractors, and other Harris divisions.

Harris GCSD, one of five divisions within Harris Corporation, conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the-art, assured communications and information systems that solve the mission-critical communications challenges of its military and government customers, while serving as the technology base for the company's diverse commercial businesses. Harris Corporation, which also provides tactical radio, broadcast, microwave, and network support products and systems, serves customers in more than 150 countries. On the Net, Harris Corporation site: http://www.harris.com

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