Drew WilsonMay 16, 2021
4min2619
Motorola Solutions is taking its last stab at preventing the deal.
Tag: Harris Corp.TALLAHASSEE, FLA. 3/4/25-Gov. Ron DeSantis, right, shares a laugh with Rep. Lawrence McClure, R-Dover, as he enters the House Chamber to give the State of the State address on the opening day of the 2025 Legislative Session, Tuesday at the Capitol in Tallahassee.
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Drew WilsonMay 16, 2021Drew WilsonApril 17, 2021
7min1988
Senate SLERS funding jumped to $36.5 million.
Drew WilsonMarch 29, 2021
4min1081
Senate President Wilton Simpson says the chamber won't 'negotiate under duress.'
Staff ReportsSeptember 25, 2019
4min452
Oral argument in the case was held last Tuesday.
Staff ReportsSeptember 17, 20199min317
“This is for law enforcement communications ... Those ‘calls’ can't be dropped.”
Drew WilsonMarch 27, 20194min370
The contract is expected to save Florida taxpayers $300 million.
Peter SchorschNovember 26, 2018
5min711
Recent hurricanes have served as a stark reminder of the integral role communications play in disaster response efforts. When Hurricane Michael decimated Northwest Florida last month, cell outages were just as widespread as power outages — many in the hardest hit areas had to park their car on a bridge and stand on its roof […]
Staff ReportsNovember 1, 20184min286
As expected, Harris Corp. is taking a battle over a major state law-enforcement radio contract to an appeals court. The Melbourne-based company Thursday filed a notice of appeal of a decision by the Department of Management Services (DMS) to award the contract to Motorola Solutions, according to the 1st District Court of Appeal website. DMS Secretary Erin Rock last month […]
Staff ReportsOctober 15, 2018
3min355
In a combination of North and South, Melbourne-based Harris Corp. and New York-based L3 Technologies announced Sunday that they had agreed to an all-stock “merger of equals,” creating the sixth largest defense contractor in the U.S. Billed as “the largest merger in defense history,” the new company — L3 Harris Technologies — is expected to […]
Staff ReportsSeptember 5, 20186min436
A Tallahassee judge has ruled for Motorola Solutions in a bid protest over the statewide law enforcement radio system, a deal potentially worth in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Administrative Law Judge J. Bruce Culpepper filed an 86-page recommended order Wednesday with the Department of Management Services (DMS), suggesting the agency “enter a final order dismissing the protest” by Harris Corp. […]