Harris Corporation to Provide United States Air Force with Video Broadcast Systems for Breaking News

October 23, 2007

Source: Harris Broadcast

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract to provide the United States Air Force with broadcast distribution systems that will provide breaking news to 10 military bases in Europe and Asia. Harris was chosen by Snader and Associates to provide breakaway news systems to the Air Force News Agency Services (AFNEWS). The announcement was made at GEOINT 2007 (Harris Booth #501), being held October 21-24 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio.

Once deployed, the Harris breakaway news systems — featuring Harris® NEXIO™ servers as well as routing systems, software and processing gear — will allow the U.S. Air Force to provide breaking news to bases in the Azores, Turkey, Italy, Germany and Japan. The Air Force News Agency, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, communicates news, information and entertainment through print and electronic media to Air Force and Army military and civilian members assigned to locations worldwide. The agency provides news and information via print, broadcast and Internet products.

"Our complete, shared storage news distribution system provides the scalability to meet the U.S. Air Force's changing broadcast needs," said Tim Thorsteinson, president of the Harris Broadcast Communications. "The truly integrated workflow offered by our breakaway news system enabled us to win this significant contract."

NEXIO™ is Harris Corporation's scalable, interoperable server platform. It is a highly integrated family of products that employs open standards to greatly accelerate time-to-air and dramatically reduce the costs associated with content acquisition, production, distribution and media management. As a replacement for videotape recorders, NEXIO™ servers provide real-time I/O, network interfaces, ingest, playout and FTP capabilities all within a single chassis.

Snader and Associates Inc. is an independent reseller and integrator serving production, post-production, audio visual presentation, 3D animation and federal government professionals around the globe.

Harris Broadcast Communications offers products, systems and services that provide interoperable workflow solutions that span the entire broadcast delivery chain. The Harris ONE approach brings together highly integrated and cost-effective products that are ideal for emerging media business models and for customers upgrading media operations to digital and high-definition services.

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