The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration announced it will replace the country’s aging radar system and has awarded RTX and Indra to lead the initiative.
FAA administrator Bryan Bedford said the FAA will replace the nation’s aging radar system of ground-based radars. The new radar contracts with RTX and Indra are designed to enhance safety, and reduce delays, officials said. The initiative will also ensure that air traffic controllers have a system to rely on, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
“While our air travel system is the safest in the world, most of our radars date back to the 1980s. It’s unacceptable,” Duffy said. “Thanks to President Trump and the One Big Beautiful Bill, we’ll begin replacing this outdated technology to boost safety and enable the next big wave of innovation in our skies.”
The RTX and Indra contracts will contribute to replacing up to 612 radars by June 2028 with modern, commercially available surveillance radars. The replacements will begin this quarter and will proceed on a rolling basis, prioritizing high-traffic areas.
The FAA said it will also consolidate the 14 different configurations in the National Air System as an effort to simplify maintenance and logistics.
The DOT and the FAA previously announced that Peraton would take on the role of Prime Integrator to oversee construction of the new air traffic control system. In that role, it will work with RTX and Indra.