Harris Corporation Names Retired US Army Major General Jeff Smith Vice President of Business Development for US Army and SOCOM

MELBOURNE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS) has named retired U.S. Army Major General
Jeff Smith Vice President of Business Development, supporting the
company’s strategic relationships with the U.S. Army, U.S. Special
Operations Command and other key industry partners.

Smith brings more than 30 years of leadership experience, including
serving as Deputy Commanding General of the XVIII Airborne Corp and
command assignments with the 82nd Airborne, 101st
Air Assault and 10th Mountain divisions, with deployments to
Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo. Most recently, he was Senior Vice
President, Strategic Initiatives at Sallyport Global Holdings Inc.,
where he led their strategy, business development and operations
organizations.

Smith holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbus State University and
master’s degrees in strategic studies from the U.S. Army War College and
in administration from Central Michigan University. [Photo
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Harris has been a mission partner with the U.S. Army for nearly 60
years, providing technologies that enable the connected battlefield. The
company has delivered over one million tactical radios to warfighters
around the globe and is on the program of record for all major Army
radio modernization initiatives. Harris provides advanced solutions for
multi-domain command and control (C2); intelligence, surveillance and
reconnaissance (ISR); strategic and tactical SATCOM communications;
electronic warfare (EW); and space innovation that enable the Army to
quickly adapt to changing or future needs. The company is building
adaptable systems for the future that leverage open systems architecture
and software-defined capabilities to ensure mission success, even in
contested environments.

About Harris Corporation

Harris Corporation is a leading technology innovator, solving customers’
toughest mission-critical challenges by providing solutions that
connect, inform and protect. Harris supports government and commercial
customers in more than 100 countries and has approximately $6 billion in
annual revenue. The company is organized into three business segments:
Communication Systems, Electronic Systems and Space and Intelligence
Systems. Learn more at harris.com.

Contacts

Harris Corporation
Jim Burke, 321-727-9131
[email protected]