Harris Corporation Awarded $3.9 Million Anti-Jam GPS Electronics Contract For Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 2003 Harris Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HRS), a world leader in weapon systems data links and anti-jam technologies for precision munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. , today announced that it has been awarded a contract by The Boeing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, to provide Anti-Jam Global Positioning System Global Positioning System: see navigation satellite. Global Positioning System (GPS) Precise satellite-based navigation and location system originally developed for U.S. military use. (AJ GPS) modules for Boeing's Joint Direct Attack Munition Noun 1. Joint Direct Attack Munition - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs JDAM (JDAM Noun 1. JDAM - a pinpoint bomb guidance device that can be strapped to a gravity bomb thus converting dumb bombs into smart bombs Joint Direct Attack Munition ). The initial development contract is valued at approximately $3.9 million. Full production and future options could increase the program's value for Harris to more than $200 million by 2008. JDAM is a low-cost tail kit that converts existing free-fall bombs into highly accurate, "smart" weapons. The tail kit, developed and produced by Boeing, consists of a new tail section that contains an Inertial Navigation System Noun 1. inertial navigation system - a system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces inertial guidance system robot pilot, automatic pilot, autopilot - a navigational device that automatically keeps ships or planes or spacecraft on a steady (INS INS abbr. 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service 2. International News Service Noun 1. INS )/GPS. Harris is providing its advanced AJ GPS electronics module for integration into the tail kit. AJ GPS technology enhances the munition's resistance to both intentional and unintentional RF interference of the GPS satellite's signal. "JDAM is a high-profile munition that will play a significant role in any conflict where precise delivery of weapons is essential, helping to minimize casualties to noncombatants and collateral damage to vital infrastructures," said Bob Henry, senior vice president, Harris Corporation and president, Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD GCSD Groveland Community Services District (Groveland, CA) GCSD Government Communications System Division GCSD Gladwin County Sheriff Department (Michigan) ). "We are very pleased that Boeing continues to select Harris as a preferred supplier of critical data link and AJ GPS technologies for precision munitions." Harris has supplied Boeing with anti-jam technology for more than six years under the Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missile (CALCM CALCM conventional air-launched cruise missile (US DoD) ) program. Harris anti-jam technology also was used last year for the Component Advanced Development (CAD) phase of Boeing's Small Diameter Bomb (SDB (Switched Digital Broadcast) See switched video. ) program. Harris also has been supplying Boeing with weapon data links for the U.S. Navy's Standoff Land Attack Missile The Standoff Land Attack Missile or SLAM is an over-the-horizon, all-weather cruise missile which grew out of the United States Navy's Harpoon anti-ship missile in the 1970s. (SLAM) and SLAM Expanded Response (SLAM ER) programs, earning the company the distinction as one of only approximately a dozen of Boeing's estimated 30,000 suppliers to obtain Gold Level Preferred Supplier Certification status. 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, as well as provides 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, provides sales and services to customers in more than 150 countries. For more information, visit http://www.harris.com Sound interesting? Find great jobs at Harris: http://www.careers.harris.com Forward-Looking Statement This press release contains forward-looking statements that reflect management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates of future performance and economic conditions. Such statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The company cautions investors that any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results and future trends to differ materially from those matters expressed in or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements about the expected value of the program to Harris are forward-looking and involve risks and uncertainties. Other factors that may impact the company's results and forward-looking statement may be disclosed in the company's filings with the SEC. Harris disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. |
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