Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Help Modernize International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America Facility

Harris Corporation Awarded Contract to Help Modernize International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America Facility

Broadcast Systems Integrator CEI Chosen to Design and Install VOA Broadcast System

CINCINNATI and NEWINGTON, Va., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract from broadcast systems integrator Communications Engineering Inc. to help modernize the International Broadcasting Bureau's Voice of America (VOA) facility in Washington, D.C. Communications Engineering Inc. (CEI) is designing the facility's new broadcast system.

Under the contract, Harris Broadcast Communications will provide master control, routing and quality control systems -- including 12 channels of master control playback controlled by a Harris automation system, extensive ingest and record list control, NEO(R) and 6800+(TM) modular series frame synchronizers and converters, and Videotek(R) VTM-3100 test monitors.

"CEI chose the Harris automation solution because VOA demanded high reliability and a proven system widely used in the industry in order to broadcast information," said Lawrence Brody, president and CEO of CEI.

The VOA broadcasts news and information to more than 115 million people weekly through television, radio and the Internet, as well as to a growing worldwide network of more than 1,200 local affiliate stations. The International Broadcasting Bureau provides administrative and engineering support for U.S. government-funded, nonmilitary, international broadcast services, such as the VOA.

Harris Broadcast Communications offers products, systems and services that provide interoperable workflow solutions that span the entire broadcast delivery chain. The Harris ONE approach brings together highly integrated and cost-effective products that are ideal for emerging media business models and for customers upgrading media operations to digital and high-definition services.

About CEI

CEI, located in Newington, Va., is a leading, award-winning broadcast and multimedia systems integrator. The company also offers complete equipment service, support and training, and supplies products and services to federal agencies and organizations through GSA. CEI has helped to define the leading edge of systems engineering and implementation for the communications industry since the mid-1980s.

About Harris Corporation

Harris is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of over $4 billion and 16,000 employees -- including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications(TM) products, systems, and services. Additional information about Harris Corporation is available at www.harris.com.

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CONTACT: Susan Sheppard, Government Solutions Unit, +1-585-624-7969,
susan.sheppard@harris.com, or David Glidden, Vice President, Marketing
Operations, +1-513-459-3639, david.glidden@harris.com, both of Harris
Broadcast Communications

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