MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has signed a contract with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide an information solution to store and manage airport, runway and navigational aid information. This award is part of the larger FAA Instrument Flight Procedures Automation (IFPA) initiative to modernize flight path design and maintenance processes, which MDA has been supporting since September 2005. The contract is for development of the AirNav 2.0 system that will provide the FAA with a web-enabled solution for managing the safety-critical aeronautical data upon which flight paths are designed and validated. David Hargreaves, a vice president within MDA's Information Systems group said, “this contract broadens and deepens our already strong relationship with the FAA on its IFPA initiative. We are very pleased with the FAA's continued confidence in MDA's ability to deliver information solutions essential to their business.”