L3Harris Technologies has received a new order from the US Marine Corps for multi-channel handheld and vehicular radio systems worth more than USD 120 million (EUR 108.4 million), the company announced on 28 August 2024.
The recent order is under a 10-year, USD 750 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract for L3Harris Falcon IV handheld radios and brings programme orders to date to beyond USD 600 million.
Falcon IV handheld radios are software-defined devices that allow for immediate upgrades to the latest in National Security Agency (NSA)-certified, high-assurance standards and access to a broad resilient waveform portfolio to maintain spectrum superiority against emerging threats.
“Our continued investment toward high-assurance technology centres around providing US Marines and other customers the ability to operate seamlessly on the move without enemy interference or detection,” Chris Aebli, president of tactical communications for L3Harris, was quoted as saying in a company press release. “These highly advanced systems allow our fighting forces to co-ordinate with a growing coalition that have selected L3Harris as their resilient communication systems provider.”
L3Harris noted that it has more than 60 years of experience delivering communication systems enabling combined joint all-domain command-and-control concepts with supporting joint force and coalition partner initiatives. These include the US Army’s Handheld, Manpack & Small Form Fit (HMS) programme, US Special Operations Command’s Next Generation Tactical Communications programme and the UK Ministry of Defence’s Multi Mode Radio programme.
