[September 01, 2010] Harris awarded USD9.5m contract to modernise Australia Department of Defence Communications Tweet Sep 01, 2010 (M2 EQUITYBITES via COMTEX) -- Communications and information technology company Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has received a USD9.5m contract to provide engineering services to support the Australia Department of Defence Land 200 communications modernisation program. Under the three-year contract announced on Tuesday from Elbit Systems, Harris will provide engineering services to integrate its Falcon tactical radio systems into the Battle Management System being developed by Elbit for the Australian Defence Forces (ADF). Harris said that its radio systems will form part of the secure communications backbone for the ADF's Land 75, Land 125 and Joint Project 2072 command, control and communications modernization programmes. The Harris systems aEUR" which include Type 1 security devices, antennas and power amplifiers aEUR"are expected to help the ADF provide networking capabilities that enhance situational awareness and speed decision-making. Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected] [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]