FAAXX171: FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) (Formerly FTI-2)
Investment ID: 021-129509298
Overview
Program Title
FAAXX171: FAA Enterprise Network Services (FENS) (Formerly FTI-2)
Description
FENS is the successor to the existing FAA Telecommunications Infrastructure (FTI) program through which the FAA currently obtains approximately 28,000 telecommunications services to approximately 4,400 locations.
Type of Program
Major IT Investments
Multi-Agency Category
Not Applicable
Investment Detail
Due to the early stages of this program, a quantitative ROI has not been calculated. The FENS program will address the challenge of continuing to support the legacy interfaces when TDM-based services that will no longer be available as a commercial offering. FENS will support the performance target of achieving cost savings and cost avoidance by providing a cost-effective means to meet the telecommunications connectivity requirement of NAS programs. FENS will also provide the ability to dynamically allocate bandwidth to support the NextGen concept of operations for load sharing, i.e., the ability to only pay for the capacity that is needed, when it is needed. Analysis is under way to quantify the potential cost benefits of the program.