FAA Awards Raytheon New WAAS Contract

WAAS enables pilots to safely land in places that were previously inaccessible because of the airport location or weather.
Credit: Raytheon
The FAA has awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $375 million over 10 years to upgrade the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) space-based precision navigation system. Under the WAAS DFO-2 contract, Raytheon will perform...
Bill Carey

Based in Washington, D.C., Bill covers business aviation and advanced air mobility for Aviation Week Network. A former newspaper reporter, he has also covered the airline industry, military aviation, commercial space and unmanned aircraft systems. He is the author of 'Enter The Drones, The FAA and UAVs in America,' published in 2016.

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