Wireless products vendor CalAmp Corp., announced that the Oregon Wireless Interoperability Network (OWIN), selected its alliance partner, Harris Corp., as its radio system and service provider.

Under the agreement, worth more than $100 million, Oregon State will purchase from Harris the public safety equipment needed to build out the network.

The deal comes after Oregon State Legislature asked OWIN to consolidate the distinct radio networks currently operated by myriad state and local agencies such as Oregon Department of Transportation, State Police, Forestry Department and Oregon Department of Corrections.

The State Government wants to create a "network of systems" to enable seamless communication between fire, police and other emergency workers.

As a member of the project implementation team, CalAmp (News - Alert) will provide its Dataradio base stations and mobile radios for the wireless data portion of this multi-phased project.

Once launched, local firefighters, police officers and emergency medical responders will be able to use the enhanced system in addition to their own radio systems.

The Harris OWIN Radio System project implementation team includes Oregon State University, Silke Communications, Dataradio, Legacy Wireless Services, Event Rental Communications, Complete Wireless Solutions, Pacific Electronics, Ledcor Technical Services (LTS) and SIS-Q Communications. Additionally Harris will form a business incubator enterprise relationship with The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde.

"Harris was awarded the OWIN project following a thorough and detailed evaluation by the State of Oregon," said Steve Marschilok, president of Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications, in a statement. "We look forward to working with Oregon to successfully deploy OWIN, a next-generation system that will serve the state's first responders for decades to come."