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Harris Receives $10.5 Million DoD Order For Falcon III Radios

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Friday, December 17th, 2010

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Harris Corp. [HRS] recently said it received a $10.5 million order from the Pentagon to supply Falcon III PRC-117G multiband manpack radio systems. "The AN/PRC-117G is accelerating command decision-making by delivering mission-critical, real-time information to warfighters on-the-move," Brendan O'Connell, president, DoD business, Harris RF Communications, said in a statement. "In addition to networking deployed forces over wide areas, the radio system also provides access to combat applications such as streaming video, biometric systems, and collaborative chat over secure networks." The…

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