February 19, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Harris Corp. (NYSE: HRS) said that its Highband networking radios will form the communications backbone of the U.S. Army’s new Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System. Harris said it will supply its radios and provide system and network engineering services over the five-year life of the program as part of a team headed by Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC).

IBCS is designed to integrate the fire-control networks of current and future air and missile defense systems. The command system will enable warfighters to use any combination of sensors and weapons to achieve mission objectives in a true open-architecture environment. Â

According to Harris, the Highband Networking 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 U.S. Army’s WIN-T Increment 2 program.

Florida-based Harris is a communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries.

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