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L3Harris Receives $57 Million Order From Army For Two-Channel Handheld Radios

By Matthew Beinart

Wednesday, December 9th, 2020

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L3Harris Receives $57 Million Order From Army For Two-Channel Handheld Radios

L3Harris' two-channel AN/PRC-163 handheld radio. Photo: L3Harris

L3Harris [LHX] said Wednesday it has received a $57 million order from the Army to continue delivering its Falcon IV AN/PRC-163 two-channel handheld radios. This is the company’s third low-rate initial production deal for the AN-PRC-163 handheld radios, with deliveries expected to begin in early 2021. “The AN/PRC-163 is the most capable handheld radio in the market. It provides warfighters with a broad range of secure interoperable communications capabilities today and the ability to host resilient waveforms required to address…

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