Ajay Mehta, the director of the National Weather Service’s Office of Systems speaks at the agency’s first industry day for Radar Next, a program that would replace the nation’s aging radar infrastructure. (Madison Alder/FedScoop)
ATC-controller at radar screen with microphone and control strips in visual-control-room with airport terminal view through windows at night. (Photo by: aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
L3Harris and Indra are working behind the scenes to increase capacity as the fiber cable and radar providers advance plans aimed at improving the FAA’s efficacy.
RTX and Indra will help the agency replace more than 600 radars by June 2028 to create a "surveillance backbone,” according to the Monday announcement.