Harris Corporation — 3 prefixes (MA-L)

A MAC address beginning 00:00:C3, 00:06:EC, or 00:17:F3 belongs to Harris Corporation, a US defense and communications equipment maker whose gear centers on tactical military radios and broadcast transmission systems rather than consumer devices.

Harris Corporation was a long-established, publicly traded company headquartered at 1025 West NASA Blvd, Melbourne, FL — the exact address matching all three OUI registrations. In 2019 Harris merged with L3 Technologies (announced October 2018) to form L3Harris Technologies, also headquartered in Melbourne, so the original "Harris Corporation" registrant no longer operates as an independent entity.

Product lines historically tied to these blocks include the RF Communications Division's Falcon family of software-defined tactical/secure radios, plus broadcast transmission gear and Intraplex audio-over-IP/STL codecs (the Intraplex line is now under GatesAir). A Harris-Corporation OUI on a network therefore points to mission-critical infrastructure — military, public-safety, or broadcast — not general office IT.

Two nearby registry entries look related but are not part of this entry: 00:02:68 is registered to "Harris Government Communications" (same city, possibly an affiliated division, but not merged into this record) and 00:40:2D belongs to "Harris Adacom Corporation" of Carrollton, TX — an unrelated company despite the shared name. Neither should be folded into vendor-harris.

IEEE assignment

3 prefixes → Harris Corporation, registered Melbourne, FL, US [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (IEEE MA-L)

Registry / block size

MA-L (24-bit OUI); 3 IEEE prefixes: 00:00:C3, 00:06:EC, 00:17:F3 [Confirmed] — IEEE the IEEE MA-L registry / maclookup.app. NOTE: IEEE's public OUI data publishes NO assignment/registration date; any "date registered" on third-party tools is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.

HQ / country

1025 West NASA Blvd, Melbourne, FL 32919, US (registry address) [Confirmed] — IEEE MA-L

Company status

Merged with L3 Technologies (announced Oct 2018, closed 2019) to form L3Harris Technologies, also HQ'd in Melbourne, FL; "Harris Corporation" no longer operates as an independent company [Confirmed] — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris_Corporation

Device types

tactical/secure military radios (Falcon family software-defined radios), broadcast transmission equipment, Intraplex audio-over-IP/STL codecs (now under GatesAir) [Likely] — https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/tactical-handheld-radios, http://eavtech.com/broadcast_products_intraplex_1.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GatesAir

Notable products

RF Communications Division tactical radios; Intraplex broadcast/STL codecs

Verified sample prefixes (all MA-L, Harris Corporation)

00:00:C3, 00:06:EC, 00:17:F3 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry / maclookup.app (https://maclookup.app/vendors/harris-corporation)

Related-but-distinct blocks

00:02:68 "Harris Government Communications" (Systems Division, Melbourne FL — same city, possible affiliate, not merged into this entry); 00:40:2D "Harris Adacom Corporation" (Carrollton, TX — unrelated company; must NOT be folded into vendor-harris) [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry

Special note

maclookup.app displays third-party "registered" dates for these three blocks (2000-11-09, 2001-10-24, 2006-04-15) — these are NOT IEEE facts and must not be presented as IEEE registration dates [Confirmed] — https://maclookup.app/vendors/harris-corporation

Related vendors

L3Harris Technologies (successor via 2019 merger); Harris Government Communications (possible affiliate, unmerged); GatesAir (current owner of the Intraplex product line)

Analyst note

A Harris Corporation OUI signals specialized mission-critical infrastructure (military, public-safety, broadcast) rather than general consumer/office IT. No specific CVEs or security advisories were found — an absence-of-findings result, not a confirmed clean bill of health.