Harris Corporation Awarded Study Contract To Help Modernize U.S. Defense Wer Satellite Program

Harris Corporation Awarded Study Contract To Help Modernize U.S. Defense Weather Satellite Program Highlights:

Study represents strategic win for companys weather information processing business.

Recommendations likely to include evolutionary approach to achieving affordable weather information solution for military.

Company applying decades of military and commercial weather information expertise to next generation system.

MELBOURNE, FL, March 6, 2013 Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract to study and make recommendations to help modernize the U.S. Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. The contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Centers Defense Weather Systems Directorate. As part of the study, Harris will analyze the existing Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) space and ground assets and create plans to show how each can evolve into the Weather Satellite Follow-on to meet mission needs and lower life cycle costs. Key items to be considered include information assurance, net-centric data strategies, scalability and affordability. The comprehensive study will address potential compatibility and transition issues, cutover of operations, sustainment impacts, minimizing of disruptions to operations, and security accreditation implications. The recommendations likely will include an evolutionary approach that leverages Harris innovative and proven data processing capabilities to meet critical weather information needs for the warfighter. The approach provides the flexibility, adaptability and scalability required by the Department of Defense to meet current and future national security challenges in an affordable and cost-effective manner. Harris has been a technology partner of DMSP for over five decades and is excited to play a role in shaping the programs architecture for decades to follow, said Romy Olaisen, vice president, Environmental Systems product line, Harris Government Communications Systems. The Harris study approach will apply proven expertise in satellite data processing, command and control, and automated product generation and distribution to enable a cost-effective approach for providing weather information to the warfighter. Harris is a recognized leader in satellite ground data processing and mission command-and-control systems. The companys ground data processing systems consist of commodity hardware and a flexible suite of software to receive and process satellite sensor data into products capable of providing actionable information under stringent timelines. The companys command-and-control systems feature commercial-off-the-shelf design and high levels of flexibility. Designed for government and commercial applications, the systems support single-satellite missions, as well as some of the largest and most complex satellite fleets deployed today. About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 125 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $5.5 billion of annual revenue and about 15,000 employees including 6,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at harris.com. # # # Contact Information: Sleighton Meyer

Harris Government Communications Systems

sleighton.meyer@harris.com

321-727-6514 Jim Burke

Harris Corporation

jim.burke@harris.com

321-727-9131

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