General Dynamics Receives $6 Million Order for Air Traffic Control Radios from the FAA

General Dynamics

C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics

, received a $6.5 million order from the Federal Aviation Administration for more than 1,000 CM-300/350 series ultrahigh frequency Air Traffic Control radios. Used by air traffic controllers throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico and other territories, the radios provide critical ground-to-air communications for military pilots and crew. "The FAA joined with a valuable partner when we first awarded the UHF radio contract to General Dynamics," said Dieter Thigpen, Voice Enterprise Manager for the FAA. "They have shown dedication by meeting all contractual deliveries on time or ahead of schedule, making it possible to employ their radios at a goal-busting pace." "This order includes the milestone 15,000th CM-300 radio delivered as part of the government's modernization program for the National Airspace System," said Jim McDearmon, director of Radio Systems for General Dynamics C4 Systems. "These radios provide exceptionally crisp, clear voice communications that are essential for the safe passage of aircraft over the nation."