Harris awarded large contract
23 February 2010
Highband networking radios from Harris will form the communications backbone of the US Army's IBCS.
As a member of Northrop Grumman's IBCS (Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System) team, Harris will supply its radios to carry critical battle-command information, and will provide system and network engineering services over the five-year life of the programme.
IBCS will integrate the fire-control networks of current and future air and missile defense systems. This command system will enable warfighters to use any combination of sensors and weapons to achieve mission objectives in a true open-architecture environment.
The design of the Harris Highband Networking Radio (HNR) ensures all information from the battle command centre will arrive at the right location to defend troops against a missile attack. This radio includes the first-ever use of directive beam technology to achieve higher throughput over longer distances in a robust, self-forming and self-healing directional mesh network. The Harris HNR system is a part of the US Army's WIN-T Increment 2 programme.
Systems that will be integrated via IBCS include:
• Patriot, Surface-Launched Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM).
• Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS).
• Improved Sentinel Radar.
• And, if the US Department of Defense directs the inclusion, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) and Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS).
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