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Harris Corporation Awarded Potential $205 Million Contract For U.S. Marine Corps MBMMR Radio Standardization Program ROCHESTER, NY, -- Harris Corporation has been awarded a competitive procurement contract to supply the U.S. Marine Corps' MBMMR (Multiband, Multimission Radio) Standardization Program with its combat-proven Falcon?® II AN/PRC-117F(C) radios. The first delivery orders of $67 million have been awarded as part of a multi-year $205 million blanket purchase agreement. Deliveries of the new MBMMR systems will begin in the company's second fiscal quarter. "We have had the opportunity for the past several years to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with advanced HF and multiband tactical radios and support. The selection of the Falcon II AN/PRC-117F(C) as the MBMMR standard is a strong validation of the operational performance and reliability of our radios," said Dana Mehnert, vice president and general manager of U.S. Government products, Harris RF Communications Division. "We are extremely pleased to further strengthen our partnership with the Marine Corps and to support its mission-critical communications requirements for many years to come." Under the contract, Harris will supply its AN/PRC-117F(C) manpack and AN/VRC-103(V) vehicular systems. The Harris AN/PRC-117F(C) is an advanced multiband radio covering the entire 30 to 512 MHz frequency spectrum. Its embedded COMSEC has NSA certification, ensuring compliance with secure U.S. Government Type-1 encryption algorithms. In addition, the radio is JITC certified for operation over military standard satellites. The AN/VRC-103(V) vehicular product is a fully integrated, compact communications system that includes the Harris AN/PRC-117F(C) tactical radio and the Harris AM-7588 Multiband Power Amplifier. This system also covers the entire 30 to 512 MHz frequency range, offering 50 watts PEP transmit power, embedded COMSEC, SATCOM, and ECCM capabilities. The radios will be used to upgrade and replace the Marine Corps' active duty and reserve components' legacy tactical radio systems, and also will be used for other USMC programs such as Target Location, Designation, and Hand-Off System (TLDHS), Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT), and Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV). Source: Harris Corporation BAE Systems IAAPS Program Defeats Objective Tank-Fired Threats On-The-Move Under TARDEC Survivability Program BAE Systems, under the U.S. Army??™s Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Centre (TARDEC) survivability program, has achieved new milestones in the Integrated Army Active Protection System (IAAPS) program. IAAPS successfully defeated multiple objective tank-fired threats recently at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona, including static vehicle testing and with the target vehicle on the move at speeds near 30 mph. Two foreign, tank-fired High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) threats were killed at speed, in addition to one fragmentation round and three HEAT rounds defeated statically. ???These successes validated what we predicted in our modelling and simulation,??? said Mark Middione, BAE Systems??™ Survivability Programs Manager at Santa Clara, California. ???The achievements demonstrate the advancement of the state-of-the-art in lightweight protection for ground combat vehicles and that active defense systems are ready for Systems Development and Demonstration (SDD) - offering near-term, low-weight alternatives to heavy armour, reactive armour or passive non-explosive reactive armour. The IAAPS team has made each incremental step in capability look relatively easy, but the experience of the team is what makes the continued progress towards full spectrum protection possible.??? Team members from TARDEC, BAE Systems facilities in Santa Clara and Nashua, N.H., and Northrop Grumman Space Technologies, Redondo Beach, California performed the testing at Yuma Proving Ground. The IAAPS test bed vehicle is a flexible and expandable platform for Army research and development. The test bed has performed numerous experiments with many types of sensors for passive cueing (IR, UV, laser), demonstrated cue by a search radar, defeated threats with jammers, decoys and developed pulse power systems, two types of rocket countermeasures and one non-rocket multigun countermeasure close-in RPG defeat. The open architecture permits future programs to readily add technologies and new approaches that reduce hit avoidance risk. Existing infrastructure, including an active protection test site at Yuma Proving Ground, is being used for current tank-fired HEAT and KE tests. The IAAPS program is a universal test bed that has undergone continuous incremental technology maturation over the last four years. Source: BAE Systems |
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