Harris Corporation Signs Licensing Agreement with VT Miltope for Aviation Wireless Technologies

MELBOURNE, FL, HOPE HULL, AL -- Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has entered into a patent licensing agreement with VT Miltope, a company of VT Systems, covering several Harris U.S. and international patents for aviation applications.

The Harris Ground Data Link patents cover core inventions in wireless communications that support flight operations, maintenance operations, quality assurance, electronic flight bags and in-flight entertainment data that is exchanged between an aircraft and ground-based systems. The Harris Wireless Engine Monitoring Systems patents cover core inventions in the wireless communication of engine performance and engine monitoring data between aircraft engines and ground-based systems.

"This agreement represents yet another step in the development and deployment of our industry-leading wireless technologies for aviation and expands Harris Corporation's role of providing the aviation industry with new capabilities," says Bob Henry, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Harris. "VT Miltope is an acknowledged industry leader in the design, development, and manufacture of innovative computers, computer peripherals and networking products for the global aviation industry. We are very pleased to have them as a licensee."

Thomas Dickinson, VT Miltope's chief executive officer, says, "VT Miltope is pleased to enter into a license agreement with Harris Corporation that facilitates our ability to offer commercial airline, business jet, and military aircraft customers a VT Miltope Terminal Wireless LAN Unit (TWLU). The TWLU enables wireless data communications to and from the aircraft without human intervention, thereby achieving reductions in aircraft operating costs."

For more information visit www.miltope.com and www.harris.com.