Harris names new president and CEO

William Brown has been named president and CEO of Harris Corp. effective Nov. 1, succeeding Howard Lance, who announced in May his intention to retire. On January 1, Thomas Dattilo will become non-executive chairman of the board.

Harris provides network support to Air Force LA center

Harris Corp. has been awarded a 16-month, $9.7 million contract by the Air Force Space Command’s Space and Missile Systems Center to deliver network support services at Los Angeles Air Force Base in California.

Harris gets first T4 task order to enhance 6 VA legacy systems

Harris Corp. will provide systems enhancements to the Veterans Affairs Department’s Veterans Health Administration under a three-year contract that could be worth more than $9.6 million.

Harris' 4 contracts call for Air Force base IT upgrades

Harris Corp. has won a quartet of Air Force contracts worth a combined more than $12 million to upgrade the service's IT infrastructure at four bases.

Harris keeps its bite on Army dental IT contract

Harris Corp. will continue to operate, maintain and sustain the Army's dental systems at Army Dental Command at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and worldwide under a one-year, $4.3 million recompete IT services contract.

Harris goes north to Alaska to upgrade FAA route system

Harris Corp. will upgrade Alaska's air transportation system as part of a 10-year Federal Aviation Administration contract worth $85 million.

Harris wins peach of a radio contract in Georgia

Harris Corp. will establish a digital radio system to support public-safety first responders across the 518 square miles of Floyd County, Ga., under a $23.6 million county contract.

Harris restructures for newer, bigger opportunities

With nearly $3 billion in prime contracts, Harris' new organization puts more focus on their customers' mission.

Harris promotes health care unit VP to president

Jim Traficant, previously vice president and general manager of Harris Corp.’s Healthcare Solutions, has been promoted to president of the business unit.

Harris finally wraps up Global Connectivity acquisition

After first announcing the planned acquisition in November 2010, Harris Corp. has wrapped up its purchase of Global Connectivity Services from Schlumberger Information Solutions for $397.5 million in cash.

Harris completes purchase of health care info provider

Harris Corp. has completed its $155 million cash acquisition of Carefx Corp., a provider of interoperability workflow solutions for government and commercial health care providers.

Alliance addresses cloud computing's missing ingredient

An alliance spearheaded by Harris Corp. aims to accelerate adoption of cloud computing by government agencies by developing tgechnologies that ensure the security of data.

Harris buys government network telecom provider

Harris Corp. has acquired key infrastructure assets of Core180 Inc., a government telecom network integrator in Fairfax, Va. Financial terms were not reported.

Harris unveils realignment of business units

Harris Corp. is realigning its operating business units, creating the Integrated Network Solutions unit to provide IT and managed services, among others.

Harris acquisition will expand its health care offerings

Harris Corp. has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Carefx Corp., a provider of interoperability health care workflow solutions based on its Fusionfx platform, for $155 million.

Harris HF radios will warn Army of biological danger

Harris Corp. will assist the Army detect biological warfare agents as the result of a $9 million order for its high-frequency radios. They will be used by the Joint Biological Point Detection System, which detects and identifies biological warfare agents.

Harris tasked with modernizing Army medical centers’ IT networks

Harris Corp. will upgrade communications networks at 23 Army Medical Treatment facilities for the Army’s U.S. Information Systems Engineering Command under a one-year contract worth $10.6 million.

Quartet of contractors team to pursue NGEN

Harris Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., General Dynamics Information Technology and Cisco Systems are teaming to pursue an anticipated five-year, Navy Department contract to provide network transport services for the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) initiative.

Harris operates to repair Florida health care system

Harris Corp. has won a four-year, $19 million contract from the state of Florida to implement a statewide health information exchange infrastructure that is designed to improve the delivery and coordination of health care.

SBA suspends 2 firms, alleging they served as fronts

The Small Business Administration has suspended EG Solutions and MultimaxArray FirstSource until they can address accusations of acting as fronts to pass small-business work to large company subcontractors.