Harris to buy division from SolaCom Technologies - South Florida Business Journal:

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Solcom’s business will become part of Harris’s mission-critical networks business, which sellzs customized communications andweather components. The transactioj is expected to be completed by the end of subject toclosing conditions. Harris executive s said the acquisition will allow the compang to address all segments of the air traffixc control voice and data systemx market and improve its support of the FederaklAviation Administration’s next-generation air transportation Harris is the lead government contractotr on a $3.5 billion, 15-yea FAA telecommunications infrastructure program contract that was awarded in 2002.
Undetr that contract, Harris is upgrading telecommunications and operation functions at morethan 4,000 FAA facilitiee nationwide. “We have partnered with SolaCom’s [air traffixc control] business for more than a decade and could not be more pleaser to welcome their employees to the Harris saidJohn O’Sullivan, vice presidentf of mission critical networkss for Harris. Harris, which is based in Fla., has major operations in D.C. and approximatelhy $5 billion in annual revenue and 15,000 employee s worldwide.