Westford's Verocel Wins $6.2 million for Airplane Safety Contract

The next time you head you fly to your destination, a Westford company may there keeping you safe.

Based on Littleton Road next to Meat Again, Westford’s Verocel has just received a $6.2 million single-source contract from the Federal Aviation Administration according to a report from Marketwire.

The contract is geared toward developing the next generation of safety computers for use in the Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), an air navigation aid that augments the satellite based Global Positioning System (GPS).

"For Verocel, this contract award is particularly significant because it validates that our expertise extends beyond safety-critical software verification and is indeed fully system-wide in scope," said George Romanski, president of Verocel. "We are leading all phases of the WAAS safety computer development, specification and design effort, including hardware, system integration and test, software verification and more, all the way through to finished-goods manufacturing and delivery."

More information on Verocel is available on their website.

CORRECTION: The company has moved to 239 Littleton Rd., away from their original location next to Meat Again. - 1:19 p.m., July 16