Engineers in the U.S. Army at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J., needed radio technology for a Stryker Brigade being deployed to Iraq. They found a solution in radio equipment from Harris Corp., Melbourne, Fla.
Army designers will use the equipment in their Matrix remote munitions control system. Matrix is a portable, battery-operated munitions control system that allows soldiers to identify an appropriate target and select a proper defensive attack from a remote location. It is designed for firebase security, landing-zone security, and both infrastructure and check-point protection.
Matrix was developed by the Army’s Project Manager Close Combat Systems and the Armaments Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), both based at Picatinny Arsenal, and by contractors Alliant Techsystems (ATK), Edina, Minn., and Textron Systems, Wilmington, Mass.
Harris RF Communications Division supplies secure voice and data communications products to military and commercial organizations worldwide. The company’s four operating divisions serve markets for government communications, tactical radio, broadcast, and microwave systems. For more information, see www.harris.com
