Verizon Wins USD 2 Billion Contract to Upgrade FAA’s Communication Platform

Verizon Wins USD 2 Billion Contract to Upgrade FAA’s Communication Platform

Verizon Public Sector has secured a 15-year critical infrastructure contract with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) worth over USD 2 billion. Under the Federal Aviation Administration Enterprise Network Services (FENS) contract, Verizon will design, build, operate, and maintain the FAA’s next-generation communications platform.

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Verizon to upgrade FAA’s communication platform

The contract entails building a dynamic, highly available, and secure enterprise network to support all of the FAA’s mission-critical applications across the National Airspace System (NAS). This includes providing air traffic management (ATM) to more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million airline passengers travelling across the over 29 million square miles that make up the US national airspace system.

Verizon’s network solution

Verizon’s network solution is designed for the future, with new capabilities to meet the next generation of applications with greater bandwidth requirements. The communications infrastructure supports air and ground safety for passenger, freight, and selected Department of Defense flights via three separate networks, one for NAS, one for administrative, and one for research and development.

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New Enterprise Platform Features

The new enterprise platform managed by Verizon will provide the FAA with features such as dynamic service provisioning and reconfiguration, survivability, and on-demand Service Flow routing to deliver higher security, faster performance, and a flexible, more seamless user experience. Additionally, Verizon will provide extensive support services, including program management, network engineering, configuration management, test and evaluation (T&E), service ordering and provisioning, network and security management, and operations.