US Army Awards Harris HMS Manpack Radio Contract With $12.7 Bln Ceiling

(RTTNews) - Harris Corp (HRS) said it was one of three awardees of a multi-award IDIQ contract to supply HMS Manpack radios to the U.S. Army. The IDIQ contract consists of a five-year base and an additional five-year option and has a ceiling of $12.7 billion. The Army expects full rate production to begin in the fourth quarter of Harris' fiscal 2017 and to acquire approximately 65,000 HMS Manpack radios under the IDIQs.

The U.S. Army selected the Harris AN/PRC-158 multichannel radio for both dismounted and mounted manpack configurations. The Harris HMS Manpack radio features a two-channel architecture and integrated cross-banding. It includes SRW, SINCGARS and MUOS SATCOM waveforms while maintaining backward interoperability with legacy waveforms.