Harris Corporation Receives $11 Million in Falcon Tactical Radio Orders to Help Counter Illicit International Drug Trafficking
- Handheld tactical radios are part of international program to counter illicit-narcotics trafficking.
- Interoperable voice and data communications enables close collaboration.
- Broadens deployment of Harris solutions in support of international tactical radio modernization.
MELBOURNE, FL/ROCHESTER, NY, January 21, 2013 - Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received approximately $11 million in delivery orders to provide international partners of U.S. Southern Command and U.S. Northern Command with a range of Falcon tactical radio systems. The radios will be deployed to these partners as part of a U.S. government program for counter-narcotics and other illicit activity. The orders were received in the first quarter of Harris