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Collins Aerospace expands Largo, Florida site with $26.5M to boost FAA radar replacement output

Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, is investing $26.5 million to expand its Largo, Florida facility to accelerate production of commercial aviation radars and defense multi-domain security solutions. The work will support the FAA’s Radar System Replacement Program, including Condor Mk3 and ASR-XM production.

Discovered 2026-05-11T08:26:46.063389-07:00 | 2026-05-11T08:26:46.063389-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

The $26.5M expansion is directly tied to the FAA’s Radar System Replacement Program—an output milestone for the US air traffic control modernization effort that executives will track for schedule and capacity risk (see also RTX’s Collins pitches integrated automation platform for FAA’s $12.5B ATC overhaul after $438M radar win).
Collins’ focus on specific radar builds—Condor Mk3 and ASR-XM—signals where near-term procurement and manufacturing attention is concentrating within FAA’s surveillance roadmap.
The investment also spans defense-related multi-domain security production, underlining how airspace modernization procurement can intersect with broader RTX/Collins defense supply chains (context on next-gen radar tracking efforts: US Air Force funds prototypes for new ground-based radar tracking aerial targets).

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