
General Dynamics [GD] will provide the communications for the new U.S. Air Force Deployable Instrument Landing System (D-ILS), the company said Thursday.The D-ILS, built by Thales, gives pilots a precision guidance to land at locations where existing air traffic control is unavailable or where no infrastructure exists, like at temporary isolated airfields.The landing system is set to use GD’s CM-300/350 V2 air traffic control (ATC) radios with the Fortress ES2440 High-capacity Mesh Point wireless backhaul radios, the company said.“The General…