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Falcon III Radio Approved for Top-Secret Data and Voice Trafficking

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Thursday, January 17th, 2008

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The National Security Agency recently certified a Falcon III radio developed by Harris Corp. [HRS] to transmit and receive top-secret information, the company said recently. The recently approved radio--the Falcon III AN/PRC-117G(C)--is a manpack version of the Falcon III AN/PRC-152(C) multi-band handheld and AN/VRC-110 vehicular radios, according to George Helm, vice president and general manager, U.S. Government Products for Harris RF Communications. This development has the potential to change the way military personnel communicate, Helm said yesterday. For example, the…

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