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Harris Corporation was an American technology company,
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provider that produced
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equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems,
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and both terrestrial and spaceborne
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for use in the government, defense and commercial sectors. They specialized in surveillance solutions, microwave weaponry, and electronic warfare. In 2019, it merged with
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to form
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. Headquartered in
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, the company had approximately $7 billion of annual revenue. It was the largest private-sector employer in
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(approximately 6,000). From 1988 to 1999, the company was the parent of
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, under the name Harris Semiconductor. In 2016, Harris was named one of the top hundred federal contractors by ''
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''. In January 2015, ''Wired'' Magazine ranked Harris Corporation—tied with U.S. Marshals Service—as the number two threat to privacy and communications on the
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History

The "Harris Automatic Press Company" was founded by Alfred S. Harris in
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, in 1895. The company spent the next 60 years developing
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ic processes and
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es before acquiring
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company
Intertype Corporation The Intertype Corporation produced the Intertype, a typecasting machine closely resembling the Linotype, and using the same matrices as the Linotype. It was founded in New York in 1911 by Hermann Ridder, of Ridder Publications, as the Internat ...
. In 1957, Harris acquired Gates Radio, a producer of
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s and associated electronics gear, but kept the Gates brand name alive by putting the Gates sticker on the back of numerous transmitters that were labeled Harris on the front panels. The same year, they acquired
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, a type foundry based in
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. In 1959, they acquired
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technology company PRD Electronics, also headquartered in
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. In 1967, they merged with Radiation Incorporated (formed in 1950) of
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, a developer of antenna,
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and
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technology used in the
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. The company headquarters was moved from Cleveland to Melbourne in 1978. In 1969, Harris Corporation acquired RF Communications and Farinon Electric Corporation, furthering its microwave assets. The printing operations were sold off in 1983 and became part of manroland Goss in 2018. In 1974, Harris acquired Datacraft Corporation, which led to the formation of the Harris Computer Systems Division. The division made a line of minicomputers for the real-time systems market. In 1994, the division was spun out into the independent
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. In 1979, Harris formed a semiconductor joint venture Matra Harris Semiconductors (MHS), from which Harris withdrew in 1989. After further changes MHS was taken over by Atmel. In 1983, Harris acquired Lanier Business Products, Inc., a dictation, word processing and computer company based in Atlanta, Georgia. By the start of the 1990's, Lanier accounted for about 1/3 of Harris Corporation's revenues. In 1998, Harris spun Lanier back off as a publicly-traded company, but also saddled it with over $700 million in debt. In 1988, Harris acquired GE's
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business, which at this time, also incorporated the
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and
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businesses. These were combined with Harris' existing semiconductor businesses. In 1996, Harris Corporation formed a
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with Shenzhen Telecom Company to produce and sell Harris' digital microwave radios and integrate them with other systems. In November 1998, Harris sold its commercial and standard military logic (semiconductor) product lines to
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, which included the HC/HCT, CD4000, AC/ACT and FCT product families. Harris retained production of the Radiation Hardened versions of these products. In 1999, Harris spun off their remaining
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business as an independent company, under the
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name. In 2005, the corporation spent $870 million on research and development. Harris Corporation developed a Hand Held Computer for use during the address canvassing portion of the
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. Secured access via a fingerprint swipe guaranteed that only the verified user had access to the unit. A
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capacity was integral to the daily address management and the transfer of information that was gathered. Of major importance was the security and integrity of the personal and private information of the populace. In January 2011, Harris re-opened its
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avionics operation, Harris Canada Inc.. The expanded facility's operations include among others the support of the work to be completed under the company's six-year, $273 million (CAD) services contract with the Government of Canada for the
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Avionics Optimized Weapon System Support (OWSS) program. In December 2012, Harris Corporation sold its broadcast equipment operations to the
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which operated as
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and is now
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. Harris received $225M for the transaction, exactly half of what it paid seven years earlier for
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, its final acquisition for the Broadcast division. On May 29, 2015, the purchase of competitor Exelis Inc. was finalized, almost doubling the size of the original company. In July 2015, Harris Corporation sold its healthcare division, Harris Healthcare Solutions, to
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. In January 2017, Harris sold off its government IT services division to
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for $690 million. After being acquired by Veritas, this business was renamed
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. In October 2018 Harris announced an all-stock "merger of equals" with New York-based
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, to be closed (subject to approvals) in mid-2019. The new company, called L3 Harris Technologies, Inc., is based in Melbourne, Florida. In 2019,
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, the American division of the Israeli Elbit Systems, agreed to purchase Harris's night vision product line for $350 million, contingent on the completion of Harris's merger with L3. Federal regulations had required that Harris divest its night vision business as L3 already had its own night vision business and merger between the two companies would effectively eliminate competition in the industry. That purchase closed in September 2019, and Harris Night Vision was subsequently renamed Elbit Systems of America - Night Vision.


Business segments


Communication Systems

The Harris Communication Systems segment served markets in tactical and airborne radios, night vision technology and defense and public safety networks.


Electronic Systems

The Harris Electronic Systems segment provided products and services in electronic warfare, air traffic management, avionics, wireless technology, C4I, undersea systems and aerostructures. Electronic Systems (ES) division provided the "ALQ-214" radio frequency jamming equipment for the
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aircraft. The ALQ-214 was originally developed by Exelis ES, which Harris acquired in 2015. ES is also a provider of components in the
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package and targeting systems for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 and
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s.


Space and Intelligence Systems

The Harris Space and Intelligence Systems segment, formed when Harris purchased Exelis, provides capabilities in Earth observation, weather, geospatial monitoring, space protection and intelligence, including sensors and payloads, ground processing and information analytics.


Cell-site simulators

Harris Corporation produced multiple cell-site simulator products, such as the
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and Hailstorm phone trackers (see table below); These masquerade as legitimate cellphone towers duping mobile devices to connect to them instead of real
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s, so all wireless voice and data traffic originating in a given area are intercepted by the systems, enabling Stingray operators to conduct mass surveillance and triangulate the position of mobile devices. Originally developed for the
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and later used in the global "
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" outside the US, they have increasingly been used by US police agencies. More than six U.S. federal agencies use these platforms, including the
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,
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and
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. The
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(ACLU) says at least 53 law enforcement agencies in 21 states, use this or similar devices. These platforms are controversial as they surveil communications of all mobile devices in their vicinity, including those of individuals not suspected of any crimes. Harris have been criticized by
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advocates for requiring local municipalities, police and state governments to enter into
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s (NDA) and to conceal usage of these platforms from citizens and the courts. Such NDA may violate
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and
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laws. The ACLU,
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(EPIC),
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(EFF) filed two successful civil
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s over denied
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(FOIA) requests and violations of the public records laws of Florida. In September 2014, as a result of successful litigation, ACLU received documents and emails between Harris Corporation and the
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relating to FCC approval of Harris' surveillance systems. ACLU then sent a letter to FCC stating, in their view, Harris misled FCC Office of Engineering and Technology staff during the regulatory review process by falsely claiming the systems were only used in emergency situations and not criminal investigations. In 2006, Harris employees directly conducted wireless surveillance using StingRay units on behalf of the Palm Bay Police Department—where Harris has a campus—in response to a bomb threat against a middle school. The search was conducted without a warrant or judicial oversight. In 2015,
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withdrew from contract negotiations with Harris for StingRay units, noting the reason was the onerous restrictions imposed by Harris on what could be released under public records requests.


List of Harris acquisitions

* Farinon (1980) * Datacraft Corporation (1974) * T.W. & C.B. Sheridan Company (1964) * PRD Electronics (1959) * Gates Radio (1957) *
Intertype Corporation The Intertype Corporation produced the Intertype, a typecasting machine closely resembling the Linotype, and using the same matrices as the Linotype. It was founded in New York in 1911 by Hermann Ridder, of Ridder Publications, as the Internat ...
(1957) which led to the change of name from Harris-Seybold to Harris-Intertype Corporation. * Lanier Business Products, Inc. (1983) * Exelis Inc. (2015) * Carefx (2011) * Schlumberger Global Communications Services (GCS) Division (2011) * CapRock Communications (2010) * SignaCert (2010)* * SolaCom ATC Solutions (2009) * Tyco Electronics (MA-COM) Wireless Systems (2009) * Crucial Security, Inc. (2009) * Zandar Technologies Ltd. (2007) *
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(2007) * Aastra Digital Video (2006) * Optimal Solutions, Inc. (2006) *
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(2005) * Orkand Corporation (2004 – Now Harris IT Services) * Encoda Systems (2004) * ImageLinks, Inc. (2004) * Hirschmann Multimedia Communications Network (2001) * Exigent International, Inc. (2001) * Wavtrace, Inc. (2000) * Lucent Technologies' Point-to-Point Microwave Business (2000) * Louth Automation (2000) * Audio Broadcast Group, Inc. (1999) * Pacific Research & Engineering Corporation (1999) * CHOICE Microsystems (1999) * Intraplex, Inc. (1999) * Agfa Copying Systems, Inc. (1998) * Trans-Comp, Inc. (1998 – Spun off with Lanier Worldwide) * Northeast Broadcast Lab (1997) * NovAtel Communications (1995) * Triplett Corporation's Cellular and Telecommunications Business (1995)


Notable people

*
Asher A. Friesem Asher A. Friesem is a professor at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Friesem received B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan in 1958 and 1968, respectively. From 1958 to 1963 he was employed by Bell Aero Systems Comp ...
, former engineer *
Howard Lance Howard L. Lance (born December 15, 1955, in East Peoria, Illinois) is founder and managing director since 2019 of Lance Advisors LLC, an advisory company focused on supporting institutional investors and private equity clients. On April 14, 2016, ...
, former CEO *
Edythe Perlick Edythe Perlick '' die' (December 12, 1922 – February 27, 2003) was a left fielder who played from through in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League. Listed at , 128 lb., she batted and threw right-handed. Overview profile P ...
, former player in All-American Girls Professional Baseball League *
Frank Pritt Frank Wilson Pritt III (1940-2015) was a salesperson and product manager for Harris Corporation in the 1970s, then founder of Attachmate Corporation in 1982. Attachmate went on to become Washington's largest privately held software firm. He was ...
, former salesperson * Joan C. Sherman, first woman technical director


See also

* PositiveID, a US government contracted Florida-based biotech company that specializes in tracking tech for the U.S. military


References


External links

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U.S. State Department cables on Harris Corp.
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Florida Stingray FOIA
public records pertaining to Harris Corp. and Stingray phone-tracker
Police in these 22 states can trick your cell phone
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