Article: U.S. Air Force Awards Harris Corporation Space-Based Radar Payload Design and Demonstration Contract Potentially Worth $88 Million.

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MELBOURNE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2003

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) announced today that it is one of three companies awarded three-year contracts by the U.S. Air Force to develop and demonstrate a prototype radar payload for Space-Based Radar (SBR), a critical national defense program. The initial value of the contract is $8.6 million, with options that could bring it to $88 million over the three-year period of the prototype program. The final payload design, development, production and support program for all SBR spacecraft could reach $1 billion by 2013 for the winning company, which will be selected at ...

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