Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation Logo
Type	Public
Traded as	: HRS S&P 500 Component
Industry	Telecommunications equipment
Founded	1895 (1895)
Founder	Alfred S. Harris
Headquarters	Melbourne, Florida, United States
Key people	William M. Brown, Chairman, (president & CEO since November 1, 2011)
Products	Defense and Communications
Number of employees	16,000
Divisions	Communication Systems, Electronic Systems, Space and Intelligence Systems
Website	www.harris.com

Harris Corporation is an American technology company, defense contractor and information technology services provider that produces wireless equipment, tactical radios, electronic systems, night vision equipment and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense and commercial sectors. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has approximately $6 billion of annual revenue.

The company is the largest private-sector employer in Brevard County, Florida (approximately 6,000). The company was the parent of Intersil (Harris Semiconductor). Most of the wireless start-ups in South Brevard County were founded and are staffed by former Harris Corporation engineers and technicians. The company's Digital Telephone Systems (DTS) division was sold to Teltronics.

In 2016, Harris was named one of the top hundred federal contractors by Defense News.

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 Internet.

The "Harris Automatic Press Company" was founded by Alfred S. Harris in Niles, Ohio in 1895. The company spent the next 60 years developing lithographic processes and printing presses before acquiring typesetting company Intertype Corporation. In 1957, Harris acquired Gates Radio, a producer of broadcast transmitters 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.