ATC
Raytheon Wins Mobile ATC Contract from U.S. Air Force
Raytheon’s deployable radar approach control (D-Rapcon) system is a modular ATC system that can be transported by four C-130s. (Photo: Raytheon)
Raytheon’s deployable radar approach control (D-Rapcon) system is a modular ATC system that can be transported by four C-130s. (Photo: Raytheon)

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon a $50.6 million engineering and manufacturing development contract to build mobile ATC systems capable of providing approach control guidance to military and other aircraft operating within a terminal airspace area. Raytheon will supply 19 mobile systems under the service’s deployable radar approach control (D-Rapcon) program; the overall contract value is approximately $400 million.