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Air Force

USAF Awards Harris $6.5 Million Contract For An/PRC-152(C) Handheld Radios

Wednesday, August 8th, 2012

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The Air Force recently awarded Harris [HRS] a $6.5 million contract for Falcon III AN/PRC-152(C) multiband, multi-mission handheld radios, according to a company statement. The service is acquiring the radios to provide line-of-sight communications to civil engineering teams for a range of ground-based missions, such as fire and emergency management and explosive ordinance disposal. The Air Force is acquiring the radios via the Consolidated Single Channel Handheld Radios Project through the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO…

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