Harris Corporation provides technology-based solutions that solve government and commercial customers? mission-critical challenges. The company operates in four segments: Communication Systems, Critical Networks, Electronic Systems, and Space and Intelligence Systems. The company designs, develops, and manufactures a line of secure radio communications products and systems for manpack, handheld, vehicular, airborne, strategic fixed-site, and shipboard installations that span the communications architecture from high capacity line of site, backbone radios, small soldier personal radios, and tablet computers; and offers assured communications systems and equipment, including Internet Protocol based voice and data communications systems that provides network-level interoperable communications among public safety agencies by supporting a line of communications systems, as well as single-band land mobile radio terminals, and multiband radios, including a handheld radio and a full-spectrum mobile radio for vehicles. In addition, the company conducts advanced research studies, develops prototypes, and produces spaceborne, airborne, and terrestrial communications and information processing systems that solve the mission-critical challenges of civilian, intelligence, and defense government customers. Further, it provides positioning and navigation, sensors, air traffic management solutions, image processing and distribution, communications, and information systems. The company also provides a range of service solutions, including systems integration; network design and development; air traffic management; cyber; intelligence; advanced engineering; and space launch and range-support for military and government customers. Harris Corporation was formerly known as Harris-Intertype Corp and changed its name to Harris Corporation in 1974.
