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Melbourne-based Harris Corp. is the largest high-tech company headquartered in Central Florida. Located about 80 miles southeast of Orlando, the communications and electronics company employs more than 7,200 at its operations in Melbourne-Palm Bay. That¿s nearly half of its worldwide employment of 15,000, which includes operations in Ohio, New York and Washington, D.C. Harris also has operations abroad in China, Canada, Europe, South and Latin America and Indonesia.
Harris is a diversified technology company. Military products include combat radios, fighter-jet cockpit communications and command-control systems for military planners. Harris¿ Rochester, N.Y.-based RF Communications D...
Harris is a diversified technology company. Military products include combat radios, fighter-jet cockpit communications and command-control systems for military planners. Harris¿ Rochester, N.Y.-based RF Communications D...
Melbourne-based Harris Corp. is the largest high-tech company headquartered in Central Florida. Located about 80 miles southeast of Orlando, the communications and electronics company employs more than 7,200 at its operations in Melbourne-Palm Bay. That¿s nearly half of its worldwide employment of 15,000, which includes operations in Ohio, New York and Washington, D.C. Harris also has operations abroad in China, Canada, Europe, South and Latin America and Indonesia.
Harris is a diversified technology company. Military products include combat radios, fighter-jet cockpit communications and command-control systems for military planners. Harris¿ Rochester, N.Y.-based RF Communications Division is one of the military¿s top suppliers of high-tech radio systems. The company¿s Government Communications Systems Division, based in Palm Bay, produces communications systems for the nation¿s intelligence agencies and air traffic control centers. It won a $1.66 billion contract - its biggest-ever civilian contract ¿ in 1992 to provide air-traffic control systems to the Federal Aviation Administration. More recently, in 2006, the company landed a $600 million deal to make portable, handheld computers for the U.S. Census Bureau.
Harris is also a prominent player in the broadcast television equipment market. Its broadcast division, based in Cincinnati, builds a variety of TV equipment including high-definition signal transmitters and other digital video systems.
Today¿s Harris Corp. has its roots in two legacy companies ¿ Harris Intertype, a press equipment maker founded in Ohio in 1895, and Radiation Inc., an aerospace electronics company founded in Melbourne in the 1960s. Harris Intertype acquired Radiation in 1967 and the company became a conglomerate of electronics, printing presses, office equipment, communications and computer chip making.
Harris is a diversified technology company. Military products include combat radios, fighter-jet cockpit communications and command-control systems for military planners. Harris¿ Rochester, N.Y.-based RF Communications Division is one of the military¿s top suppliers of high-tech radio systems. The company¿s Government Communications Systems Division, based in Palm Bay, produces communications systems for the nation¿s intelligence agencies and air traffic control centers. It won a $1.66 billion contract - its biggest-ever civilian contract ¿ in 1992 to provide air-traffic control systems to the Federal Aviation Administration. More recently, in 2006, the company landed a $600 million deal to make portable, handheld computers for the U.S. Census Bureau.
Harris is also a prominent player in the broadcast television equipment market. Its broadcast division, based in Cincinnati, builds a variety of TV equipment including high-definition signal transmitters and other digital video systems.
Today¿s Harris Corp. has its roots in two legacy companies ¿ Harris Intertype, a press equipment maker founded in Ohio in 1895, and Radiation Inc., an aerospace electronics company founded in Melbourne in the 1960s. Harris Intertype acquired Radiation in 1967 and the company became a conglomerate of electronics, printing presses, office equipment, communications and computer chip making.
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Lockheed Orlando unit could gain from F-35 sale to Israel
Sentinel Staff WriterA potential $15 billion deal involving the sale of the Joint Strike Fighter to Israel could inject millions of dollars in new revenue to Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Central Florida operations. U.S. defense officials recently notified Congress that the...Tags: Defense, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Melbourne, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Emergency Planning
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Patents
Utility A utility patent protects how something works and what it does. Central Florida inventors who have recently received utility patents include: Bing Chiang, Melbourne; Kenneth M. Gainey, Satellite Beach; and James A. Proctor Jr., Melbourne Beach. A...Tags: Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Satellite Beach, Melbourne, New Smyrna Beach
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Melbourne-based Harris opens 2 new facilities in D.C.
Sentinel Staff WriterMelbourne-based Harris Corp. has bulked up its presence in the nation's capital by opening two new offices in Metro Washington, the company said today. The electronics and communications company said it has established a new, 14,000-square-foot complex...Tags: Melbourne, Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Heads of State, Government
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Reports: U.S. officials negotiating $15 billion Israeli deal for Lockheed fighter jets
Sentinel Staff WriterU.S. defense officials are negotiating a potential $15 billion Israeli deal involving the next-generation Joint Strike Fighter being built by Lockheed Martin Corp., according to published reports late Tuesday. The U.S. Defense Department recently...Tags: Defense, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Melbourne, Armed Forces
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Harris steps up
Standard & Poor's will remove Lehman Brothers Holdings from its S&P 500 Index after the close of trading today, replacing it with Melbourne-based Harris Corp. The minimum market capitalization to be eligible for the S&P 500 is $5 billion. At the close...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, Greif Incorporated
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Spinoff of Harris wireless-technology unit meets obstacles
Sentinel Staff WriterHarris Corp.'s spinoff last year of its Harris Stratex wireless technology unit has run into a new legal challenge from shareholders, according to published reports this week. North Carolina-based Harris Stratex Networks Inc. announced it is the target...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, Litigation, Trials, Labor Legislation
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Stocks of local interest in the news
Bank of America Corp. Friday's close: $37.48, up 11.08 percent for week Bank of America last week acquired brokerage Merrill Lynch & Co. in an all-stock deal valued at $50 billion. The decision came out of talks between regulators and bank...Tags: Lehman Brothers Holdings Incorporated, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., NBC, Bank of America Corp., Bankruptcy
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Internet phone startup joins business incubator at UCF
Sentinel Staff WriterAcredo Technologies Inc., an Internet communications company formerly based in Panama City, has moved its headquarters to Orlando and expects to generate at least a dozen high-tech jobs by year's end, officials said last week. The provider of Web-based...Tags: BAE Systems Plc, Walt Disney World Resort, Defense, Melbourne, Small Businesses
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Melbourne-based Harris announces partner for TV transmitter project
Sentinel Staff WriterMelbourne-based Harris Corp. has partnered with Freescale Semiconductor to develop advanced transmitter technology for the TV broadcasting industry, the companies said today. Harris' Broadcast Division, based in Cincinnati, will use microchip...Tags: Melbourne, Freescale Semiconductor Incorporated, Semiconductors and Active Components, Consumer Electronics Industry
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Harris lands $53M Navy contract for helicopter communications systems
Sentinel Staff WriterThe Navy has awarded Melbourne-based Harris Corp. a $53 million deal for military helicopter tactical communications systems, the company said today. It is the latest in a series of contracts involving production of the Hawklink high-speed data-...Tags: BAE Systems Plc, Defense, Armed Forces
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Harris wins $10M contract for U.S. Army communications equipment
Sentinel Staff WriterMelbourne-based Harris Corp. has received a $10 million deal to provide satellite communications equipment to the U.S. Army, the Pentagon said today. The Army's Aviation Applied Technology Directorate in Fort Eustis, Va., awarded the contract to Harris'...Tags: Defense, Melbourne, Contracts, Electronics, Armed Forces
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Lower sales forecast hurts AuthenTec shares
Sentinel Staff WriterShares of Melbourne-based AuthenTec Inc., once a Wall Street riser, have plunged this week after the company cut its sales forecasts and braced for the loss of a major customer and millions of dollars in sales. The company's stock fell 60 percent to $2....Tags: Sales, Stock Broking, Toshiba Corporation, Electronics, Consumer Electronics Industry
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