Harris Corporation Communications Equipment Helps Make Ballistic Missile Test A Success.

Business Editors/High Tech Writers

MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a leading supplier of sophisticated command, control and communications systems for defense applications, announced today that its In-Flight Interceptor Communications System (IFICS) hardware played a key role in another successful Ground-based Midcourse Defense (GMD) test recently conducted by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency. The IFICS provides critical communications between ground command and control systems and ballistic missile interceptors of the GMD, formerly known as National Missile Defense (NMD).

At 9:41 p.m. EST, on March 15, an Exoatmospheric Kill Vehicle (EKV) - launched from the Ronald Reagan Test Site (RTS) in the Marshall Islands - intercepted its target over the Pacific Ocean. The target was launched atop a modified Minuteman II missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. After the interceptor was launched, the GMD Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2) system began generating targeting data from track reports received from ground-based radar. The BMC2 system subsequently tasked the Harris-developed IFICS Data Terminal to transmit these critical targeting updates to the Interceptor as it approached the ballistic target. As a result, the interceptor was able to acquire, identify, and perform a successful "hit-to-kill" intercept of the speeding target for the third time in as many attempts. Harris participated in successful GMD tests in July and December of 2001.

"Harris has been a key participant in the design, development, and testing of communications systems for the GMD program since the inception of the Strategic Defense Initiative," said Bob Henry, president, Harris Government Communications Systems Division (GCSD). "We are extremely proud to be a key player in another successful test of GMD, supporting a program that will ultimately play a crucial role in our nation's defense capabilities."

Under a six-year, $70 million contract with TRW Inc., Missile Defense Division, Harris is designing, developing and testing the prototype communications systems being installed at the RTS and at Harris facilities in Palm Bay, Florida. The contract value for Harris could rise to more than $130 million if the company is awarded a proposed option to produce the IFICS as part of the Battle Management Command, Control, and Communications (BMC3) element of GMD.

In addition to the IFICS Data Terminal work with TRW, Harris is under a one-year, $2 million contract with The Boeing Company, to provide modeling, design and development technical support for the GMD Communications Network (GCN).

Harris GCSD conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces and supports state-of-the-art, highly reliable communications and information systems that solve the mission-critical communications challenges of its military and government customers, and provides the technology base for the company's diverse commercial businesses.

Harris Corporation is an international communications equipment company focused on providing product, system, and service solutions for commercial and government customers. The company's five operating divisions serve markets for microwave, broadcast, network support, tactical radio, and government systems. Harris has sales and service facilities in more than 90 countries. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at http://www.harris.com.

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. 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.