Hughes to take over WAAS contract from Wilcox

The FAA yesterday chose Hughes Aircraft Co. to take over Wilcox Electric's work on the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) program. On Friday, FAA canceled its $475 million WAAS contract with Wilcox, to which Hughes had been a subcontractor, saying Wilcox had failed to meet cost and schedule...

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