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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- Defense contractor Raytheon has won a contract from Saudi Arabia to help expand its nationwide air traffic management system.
The terms of the deal have yet to be disclosed, but the agreement was announced at an international Air Show, currently taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Local reports suggest the air traffic management will take place throughout the kingdom based on cooperative surveillance. The system is also expected to boost flight safety for Saudi Arabia's booming domestic airline sector and bolster the efficiency of the kingdom's traffic management system.
"Under the program, 21 systems with supporting infrastructure will be deployed for en route service," Trade Arabia reported.
"Raytheon will also establish a regional maintenance facility within the kingdom to support the systems," it added of the deal that was awarded by the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation.
The facility is intended to support other navigation service providers in the greater Middle East region.
Raytheon, based in Waltham, Mass., has been trying to tap into the specific industry, arguing the existence of a burgeoning market as governments in the Middle East move to replace or refurbishing outdated airport security infrastructure. The rise in terrorist threats has also propelled Middle East governments to bolster airport security measures.
The Saudi deal is one of two agreements that Raytheon has clinched recently for its air traffic management solutions.
Oman, for example, recently chose Raytheon to shield its new Muscat International Airport with a state-of-the-art radar system.
"Air traffic control and radar system is a business we've been in for 50 years and in 80 countries," Jerry Toby, vice president of international business development for Raytheon's Network Centric Systems divisions, was quoted as saying during the Dubai Air Show.
"But we've been branching out in the last six to eight years into supplying solutions for critical infrastructure."
Raytheon has also signed on to a similar deal with the local Kurdistan government in northern Iraq. Its security solutions there are expected to focus on access control, vehicle screening as well as passenger and baggage checking.
"A lot of airports in the region were built 20 years ago. In those days it was more about people stealing things or someone straying onto the runway," Toby said. "Today it is a completely different environment."
The Saudi system's first testing is expected by the end of the month.
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