Macdonald Dettwiler & Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed contracts totaling $7.6 million with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue the upgrade to the FAA's Instrument Procedure Development System (IPDS), as part of a mission support automation program, and to provide operational support to the currently fielded version of the system. These latest contracts will continue to align the system with the requirements of the FAA's NextGen program.