Sustainability and Environment
Raytheon Unit Awarded FAA Contract for WAAS Upgrades
The 10-year FAA WAAS contract with Raytheon Intelligence & Space has a total value of $375 million.
WAAS delivers a safety-of-life navigation aid for pilots, especially in austere environments such as this steep approach at a high altitude at Tenzin-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal. (Photo: Raytheon Intelligence & Space)
WAAS delivers a safety-of-life navigation aid for pilots, especially in austere environments such as this steep approach at a high altitude at Tenzin-Hillary Airport in Lukla, Nepal. (Photo: Raytheon Intelligence & Space)

Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S) was awarded a $375 million contract this week from the FAA to upgrade the wide-area augmentation system (WAAS), which the company said will enhance the safety of air travel in the National Airspace System. Under the 10-year WAAS dual-frequency operation (DFO) contract, Raytheon will deliver modern and sustainable processing, system security, network architecture, and DFO upgrades to the FAA’s space-based precision navigation system.


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