Air Traffic Control & Navigation Aids installations at Zayed International Airport (AUH)

Air Traffic Control & Navigation Aids covers the systems that manage airspace and the ground infrastructure that guides aircraft to the runway: ATC tower consoles and voice-communication systems, primary and secondary surveillance radar, wide-area multilateration and space-based ADS-B, A-SMGCS surface management, and the navigation aids themselves — instrument landing systems, VOR/DME, frangible navaid structures and approach lighting interfaces. Buyers are air navigation service providers, civil aviation authorities and airport operators. Procurement is governed by ICAO Annex 10, EUROCONTROL and the local CAA, with long certification and integration cycles. The GCC's ANSPs and fast-growing greenfield airfields are continuously upgrading surveillance and digital-tower capability, making this a standing procurement line distinct from terminal IT.

Renamed in 2024 in honour of the UAE's founding father, Zayed International announced itself to the world with Terminal A — a sculptural, light-flooded building the size of 27 football pitches, opened the same year. Home to Etihad's Greenliner fleet, the airport is Abu Dhabi's statement that capital-of-culture ambitions demand capital-of-aviation infrastructure. Passenger volumes surged to 28.8 million in 2024 as Etihad accelerated a 170-aircraft fleet plan.