Harris will continue to support inbound and outbound data and communications with Department of Defense satellites, delivering operations and maintenance support to the Air Force Satellite Control Network’s equipment at 10 locations worldwide. The one-year, $66 million option brings the overall value of the program to date to $351 million. The total potential value of the six-and-a-half year contract is $418 million.

   Seperately, Harris was awarded an $85 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide the U.S. Air Force with Falcon multiband manpack tactical radios and accessories. In conjunction with the contract, Harris also received initial delivery orders of $33 million. The Air Force will deploy the Falcon 3 AN/PRC-117G across ground units to serve as its next-generation radio platform for tactical voice and wideband data communications.