Air Traffic Control & Navigation Aids installations at King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED)

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.

Jeddah is the gateway to Makkah — and few airports carry such spiritual and logistical weight in a single footprint. Its Hajj Terminal, a Skidmore Owings & Merrill marvel of tented fibreglass, has moved pilgrims for four decades while the new Terminal 1 by HOK now handles Saudia's widebody flows. 2024 traffic climbed to 49.1 million as the Kingdom chases a goal of 150 million pilgrims and tourists a year by 2030.