Harris Corporation Awarded $7 Million Digital Video Map Contract for U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet.

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MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 2, 2001

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), the world leader in cockpit digital moving maps for military aircraft, today announced that it has been awarded a $7 million contract by the Boeing Company, St. Louis, Missouri, for the development of sophisticated Digital Video Map Computers (DVMC) supporting the Advanced Crew Station program of the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft. The contract contains an option for another $7 million that will be awarded in January 2002. Potential follow-on contracts could increase the overall value of DVMC for Harris to $20 million.

"The DVMC is a significant win for Harris, and we are pleased to be selected again as a major supplier to the Super Hornet avionics program," said Bob Henry, president, Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "The addition of a fully digital, high-speed video interface further advances the aircraft's onboard network capacity, and will enable the U.S. Navy to stay at the forefront of situational awareness technologies."

For years Harris digital map systems have provided military flight crews with unprecedented navigation and situational awareness through cockpit displays that continuously supply advanced, real-time, terrain visualization data. The new DVMC will provide an additional, independent digital map channel with a resolution of 1024x1280 pixels, over a 1-Gigabaud Fibre Channel digital video output, providing F/A-18E/F flight crews with a five-fold increase in map resolution that results in greater accuracy and enhanced safety.

The DVMC is an upgrade to the existing Tactical Airborne Moving MAp Capability (TAMMAC) Digital Map Computer (DMC), the standard digital map computer for all U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft upgrades.

The Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is the U.S. military's newest strike fighter. It is 25 percent larger than its predecessor, but has 42 percent fewer parts and offers increased range, greater endurance, more payload-carrying ability, more powerful engines, increased carrier bring-back capability, and enhanced survivability.

Harris GCSD conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces state-of-the-art airborne, spaceborne, and terrestrial communications and information processing systems for military and government agencies, their prime contractors, and the company's commercial businesses, as well as to select commercial organizations worldwide.

Harris Corporation is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system and service solutions that take its customers to the next level. The company provides a wide range of products and services for wireless, broadcast, network support, and government markets. Harris has sales and service facilities in more than 90 countries. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.