Airport buildings construction work

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The University is looking to procure construction of a DARTeC Centre, which will address such research challenges facing the aviation industry as: — the integration of drones into civilian airspace, — increasing the efficiency of airports through technological advances, — creating safe, — secure shared airspace through secure data communication infrastructures, — increasing the reliability and availability of aircraft through self-sensing, — self-aware technologies Game-changing technologies such as a virtual air traffic control tower and next-generation radar technologies on the University’s licensed airport will also provide a civil aviation authority-approval route that promises increased efficiency, flexibility and capacity. Construction of DARTeC Building will be at the Cranfield University campus located in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. The appointment of a main contractor to construct the new DARTeC Building at Cranfield campus.