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Harris providing tactical communications to country in central Asia

by Richard Tomkins Melbourne, Fla. (UPI) May 14, 2013 UPI

An unidentified country in central Asia has ordered an integrated tactical communications system from the Harris Corporation.

The contract carries a value of $78 million but the company did not disclose a delivery schedule for its equipment.

"The Harris ITACS enables this nation to make a rapid transition to modern, flexible and modular IP-based tactical communications," said Brendan O'Connell, president, International business, Harris RF Communications. "This system dramatically improves situational awareness by creating a mobile tactical Internet that delivers voice, data and video across the battlefield."

Harris said the system builds upon the communications capabilities it previously delivered to the country and provides a range of advanced tactical communication services, including Voice over Internet Protocol, teleconferencing, messaging and email, and common operational picture applications.

A private tactical cellular service will be provided using Harris Fusion 4G LTE base stations and subscriber terminals. The expanded ITACS also includes the RF-7800W high-capacity line-of-sight radio and the RF-7800M multiband networking radio for soldier- and vehicle-based mobile ad hoc wideband networking.

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