Defense
Interoperability for federal operations
Harris is an Experienced DoD Public Safety Technology and System Supplier
Harris, a leading manufacturer of critical radio systems deployed around the world, is an authorized supplier for Department of Defense Public Safety operations and the Base Radio Systems (BRS) managed by the US Army's Communications and Electronics Command. BRS allows any U.S. Federal agency to procure Harris land mobile radio (LMR) systems, equipment and services that comply with the DoD Guidance and NTIA narrow-banding mandates.
P25IP
P25IP (Project 25 to the power of IP) brings together the APCO P25 standards for public safety communications and the power of IP (Internet Protocol) technology. Using the Harris VIDA® (Voice, Interoperability, Data and Access) network, the Harris P25IP solution brings to users many of the choices inherent in modern IP-based networks. Harris Public Safety and Professional Communications offers conventional, trunked, and hybrid conventional and trunked systems in P25 Phase 1, easily software upgradable to P25 Phase 2.
Base Radio Systems
The National Capital Region (NCR) system is the first completely operational Department of Defense (DoD) Land Mobile Radio (LMR) IP-based P25 system to serve the US Army. NCR Phase I provided interoperable mission-critical voice communications with civilian public safety agencies in the NCR region, including greater Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia and Fort Hamilton, NY. The NCR Phase I deployment covered 10 Army bases including the Pentagon.
The NCR Phase II added the US Navy (Naval District Washington, the Naval Academy, among others) along with the US Air Force (Bolling Air Force Base, among others) to the NCR regional system. NCR Phase II provided wide-area communications and convoy operations over a large footprint, and was one of the first tri-service DoD LMR systems.
Shipboard Communications
A benefit of Harris shipboard communications systems is the ability to integrate existing, stand-alone systems into a single, reliable, highly capable communications system using Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) equipment. Since the installation of the first HYDRA system on the USS Eisenhower, Harris has achieved many firsts in the provision of shipboard wireless communications systems.