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ProtECtEd sAtCoM solutIoNs

Harris has been delivering defense

technology communication solutions

for missile defense since the inception

of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

in 1983. Today, Harris plays a critical

role in removing the threat of rogue

nation intercontinental ballistic missiles

targeting the U.S. and our allies. We

provide the critical communication links

that ensure the Missile Defense Agency’s

(MDA) Ground-based Midcourse Defense

(GMD) interceptors receive precise threat

targeting data throughout their course

into space to engage the incoming threat,

and the GMD command receives complete

assessments of the effectiveness of

threat engagement.

Harris provides strategic SATCOM terminals

via the Modernization of Enterprise

Terminals (MET) program to the GMD

ground sites, and provides shipboard

SATCOM terminals to the Sea-based

X-band Radar (SBX), both key elements of

the GMD Communications Network (GCN).

Our Protected Anti-Scintillation Anti-Jam

Wideband Netcentric System (PAAWNS)

modems ensure these critical data links

remain fully operational even in the

presence of jamming and high altitude

nuclear events.

BENEFIts

Provides critical targeting data to GMd interceptors, and interceptor status data to ground fire control, at all stages of flight

Assures robust communications in the presence of jamming, interference, and nuclear events: high-altitude electromagnetic pulse (HEMP) hardened and impervious to scintillation

Achieves reliability and availability objectives through an affordable development, operations and sustainment implementation

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FEAturEs

successfully flight tested

Anti-scintillation

24/7 availability

HEMP hardened

High-velocity tracking

In addition to our strategic terminals and PAAWNS modem, our In-Flight Interceptor

Communications System (IFICS) Data Terminal (IDT) tracks the fast-moving Ground

Based Interceptor (GBI) to provide essential targeting data updates and receive status

from the GBI and its payload Kill Vehicle (KV).

Harris is implementing improved modems and system upgrades in support of the

replacement GBI and KV capabilities, as well as providing 24/7 operations and

sustainment support to the fielded systems to ensure that the GMD system is always

on duty and ready to engage.

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