Harris wins Middle East, Africa radio contracts

A Marine with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division works on a radio during Operation Firestorm, a week-long field exercise to prepare the regiment for their upcoming exercise, Rolling Thunder, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 15, 2015. “The main focus for Operation Firestorm is to get the regiment out into the field and knock the dirt off the gear, get all of the communications checks and operations checks and make sure that we’re ready for Rolling Thunder coming up next month,” said Master Sgt. Justin Mingie, logistics chief for 10th Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

Harris Corp. has been awarded contracts to supply radios to Middle Eastern and African nations.

The company received a $17 million order from a Middle Eastern country for Falcon III tactical radios. The country was not identified, but a Harris news release did say that the Harris RF-7850M radios “will provide wideband networking to forces at the brigade level and below and will deliver command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capabilities.”

Harris also won an $11 million contract from an African nation, also unidentified, for RF-7800H-MP wideband tactical manpack radios, RF-7850M-HH multiband networking handheld radios, and the RF-7800V-HH VHF Combat Net Radio (CNR).

“Harris’ Falcon III radios will support the customer’s need for simultaneous, secure voice and high-bandwidth data across a wide range of military missions,” said Chris Young, president of the compnay’s communication systems division. “Our strong presence in the region, coupled with our ongoing investment in advancing Falcon solutions, enables us to transition customers from their legacy, voice-dominated tactical radios to networked wideband tactical radios.”