Harris Corporation receives order from US Marine Corps for Falcon III Tactical Radio Systems 20608153

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Harris Corporation receives order from US Marine Corps for Falcon III Tactical Radio Systems
Harris Corporation has received a $36 million order from the United States Marine Corps (USMC) to supply Harris Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G Multiband Networking Manpack radios that will enhance and extend voice and data connectivity down to the squad level.
     
Harris Corporation receives order from US Marine Corps for Falcon III Tactical Radio Systems 640 001Harris Falcon III® AN/PRC-117G Multiband Networking Manpack radio
     
The Falcon III radios provide high-bandwidth communications for streaming video, simultaneous voice and data feeds, and other situational awareness capabilities, in a small, lightweight design.

"With the AN/PRC-117G, Marines on the move and their field commanders will have access to critical, real-time information to support the types of contingency operations they anticipate in the future," said Brendan O'Connell, president, Tactical Communications, Harris Communication Systems. "This award is another step in helping the Marine Corps expand the application of wideband tactical networking."

The AN/PRC-117G radio is a single channel voice and data radio that is capable of operating in a frequency range of 30 Megahertz to 2 Gigahertz. Operational configurations include manpack, vehicular-mounted, or base-station operations. The primary AN/PRC-117G waveform is the ANW2, which is a Harris Corporation proprietary waveform.

The AN/PRC-117G is capable of simultaneously transmitting both Voice over Internet Protocol and digital data on a single channel. Digital data include file transfers, chat, streaming video, and position location reports.