RI&S to upgrade FAA's space-based precision navigation
system to support safer air travel
MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Sept. 14,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Intelligence &
Space, a Raytheon Technologies business (NYSE: RTX), has been
awarded a competitive indefinite delivery indefinite quantity
contract from the Federal Aviation Administration with a ceiling
value of $375 million over the next
10 years. Task orders, valued at $215
million, were executed at contract award to provide
technical refresh and Dual Frequency Operation (DFO) upgrades to
the FAA's Wide-Area Augmentation System, or WAAS, a space-based
precision navigation system, that will enhance safer air travel in
support of the National Airspace System.
Under the WAAS DFO-2 contract, RI&S will deliver more
modern, and therefore sustainable, processing, system security, and
network architecture, while also adding dual frequency service.
"There is no margin for error during take-off, flight or
landing," said Denis Donohue,
president, Surveillance & Network Systems at RI&S. "Our
modernization effort for WAAS will improve system robustness during
ionospheric events and ensure safety-of-life requirements continue
to be met."
WAAS is a Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS), which
provides GPS corrections for critical navigation for the aviation
community, first responders and other government agencies, ensuring
pilots can land safely in austere environments, despite weather
challenges. It also provides corrections for SBAS-capable receivers
in use across a diverse set of communities, including agriculture,
maritime and surveyance, among others.
Raytheon Technologies has been the prime development contractor
for WAAS since 1996. Since reaching initial operational capability
in 2003, Raytheon Technologies and the FAA have developed and
fielded dozens of enhancements expanding WAAS's precision approach
capability, coverage area, and reliability, including improvements
to the system infrastructure in preparation for Dual Frequency
service. WAAS Dual Frequency service will enable increased system
accuracy, integrity, and availability when subject to ionospheric
perturbations, including solar storms.
Work for this effort is based in Fullerton, California.
Media Contact:
Tamar Brill
tamar.a.brill@raytheon.com
About Raytheon Intelligence & Space
Raytheon
Intelligence & Space, a Raytheon Technologies business,
delivers the disruptive technologies our customers need to succeed
in any domain, against any challenge. A developer of advanced
sensors, cyber services and software solutions, Raytheon
Intelligence & Space provides a decisive advantage to civil,
military and commercial customers around the world.
About Raytheon Technologies
Raytheon Technologies
Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides
advanced systems and services for commercial, military and
government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading
businesses ― Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon
Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the
company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics,
cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics,
and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the
combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies
Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered
in Arlington, Virginia.
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