The company, based in Market Deeping, near Peterborough, is a leading global player developing and implementing advanced air traffic control (ATC) systems installed in 170 countries, and generating a £25 million turnover.

Park Air Systems, with its two sister companies in Norway, combines world-class "communication, navigation and surveillance (CNS) technologies to provide integrated air traffic solutions for airspace management."

At Market Deeping, it's all about communication, the cornerstone of air traffic control.

The company has won a massive contract to supply its T6 series ATC radios to NAV CANADA, the country's civil air navigation services provider.

These state-of-the-art digital radios – Park Air's "bread and butter" product – will be fitted to more than 300 locations throughout Canada.

"They will control a substantial amount of air traffic encompassing millions of air miles across a vast area of 5.8 million square miles," said sales and marketing director David Chandler.

It's a key deal for Park Air Systems and good news for its 150 staff, ensuring their long-term job security and further enhancing the growth of the company.

In fact, the workforce has grown by 12 per cent since 2005 and is due to grow even further, as the company is currently developing a number of departments and recruiting new staff.

Not only Canada but also the Balkans are on Park Air's "radar" courtesy of another recent multi-million pound contract with the Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency (SMATSA).

The deal is to provide turnkey systems – transporting everything that is supplied, plus the infrastructure – to 14 remote locations in the two countries.

They will be rolled out in three phases starting in November 2008 and be extended over two years.

And neither of these international operations are new to the Park Air name.

"Both the Canadians and the Serbs are 'returning customers' who have had air traffic control communications systems since 2002," said senior business development manager Stuart Mattock.

All air traffic communications in the UK are provided by Park Air Systems.

In addition, it brings decades of expertise to the fore in developing en route systems ensuring dependable wide area, essentially countrywide, communications.