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Harris Gets $600 Million Army Contract For New SATCOM Terminals

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Thursday, May 7th, 2009

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Harris [HRS] has been awarded a 10-year, $600 million contract for the Army's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program, the next-generation military satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals that will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile defense systems, the company reported. As prime contractor, Harris will develop, test and certify four unique terminal configurations during a 30-month, First Article Test phase. In addition, Harris will provide production hardware under the five-year base contract, with five additional option years,…

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