Harris Corporation Helps Tallahassee Team Compete in the Florida Astronaut Challenge Finals

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A Tallahassee high school team is competing this week in the finals of
the Florida Astronaut Challenge at the Kennedy Space Center, thanks to
their skills and some help from Florida-based Harris Corporation.


Harris is sponsoring the St. John Paul II Catholic High School’s
Aerospace Engineering Club, which is competing among 14 other Florida
schools in four space-themed events Feb. 15-17. The Florida Astronaut
Challenge is an annual event that enables high school students to show
off their Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills
through team-based challenges, particularly in aerospace science.

Harris sponsored the team as part of its STEM outreach. To help foster
the next generation of innovators, Harris invests heavily in time and
resources to support STEM education at all levels. Over the past 10
years, Harris has contributed more than $22 million to educational
institutions in support of STEM-related education, and employees have
volunteered more than 11,000 hours in STEM-related outreach – impacting
37,000 students.

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, Space and Intelligence Systems and Electronic
Systems. Learn more at harris.com.

Contacts

Harris Corporation
Matt Grimison, 321-724-3446
matthew.grimison@harris.com

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