MDA receives follow-on contracts from the Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue the upgrade to the FAAs Instrument Procedure Development System (IPDS), which involves an enterprise-wide automation of flight route design practices. The IPDS provides the FAA and the U.S. Department of Defence (DoD) with the capability to design terminal area flight routes that take advantage of the latest navigation equipment, resulting in improved terminal airspace usage and reduced fuel burn.
 
MDA has been providing on-going services related to implementation and integration of the upgrades to FAAs existing flight information management enterprise since January 2007. The IPDS is part of a joint initiative between the FAA and the DoD to create an automated solution to modernize flight route design practices and to harmonize military and civilian air navigation in the long term.