Harris lands $43 million Air Force communications contract

Harris Corp. announced July 26 it won a one-year contract worth $43 million to provide operations and maintenance services for the Air Force Satellite Control Network's communications functions at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., and Onizuka Air Force Station, Calif.

The contract, called Mission Communications Operations and Maintenance, or MCOM, contains options that could increase the overall value of the contract to $355 million by 2009.

Under the terms of the MCOM contract, Harris of Melbourne, Fla., will provide a range of communications support services, including site integration, scheduling, maintaining technical drawings, database applications programming, local area network/wide area network operations, help desk functions, and military satellite communications terminal operations.

Harris already provides operations and maintenance support for the Air Force satellite control network's worldwide locations under the Operational Space Services and Support contract, awarded in April 2000 and currently valued at approximately $220 million.

"With the award of MCOM, and with Harris serving as the prime contractor for OSSS, the Air Force now has a single team dedicated to its mission of satellite telemetry tracking and commanding," said Bob Henry, president of Harris' Government Communications Systems Division.