General Dynamics Awarded $363M for Next-generation Air Traffic Control Radios

General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics

, received a contract from the Federal Aviation Administration to deliver radios that allow air traffic control personnel to communicate with commercial and military aircraft throughout the National Airspace System (NAS). The 10-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract has a potential value of $363 million if all options are exercised. General Dynamics received a $6 million initial award to qualify and certify the radios for operation in the NAS.