faa and ncoic take unique path to nextgen
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The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC™) today entered into an agreement to advance the Enterprise Architecture of NextGen, FAA’s national airspace (NAS) transformation program. NCOIC’s FAA contract has a potential value of approximately ten million dollars and spans five-years.TRANSCRIPT
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FAA and net-centric consortium take unique path to NextGen WASHINGTON—July 7, 2009—The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC™) today entered into an agreement to advance the Enterprise Architecture of NextGen, FAA’s national airspace (NAS) transformation program. NCOIC’s FAA contract has a potential value of approximately ten million dollars and spans five-years. The NCOIC will analyze and evaluate NextGen’s enterprise architecture views, products, plans, net-centric patterns and operational concepts. Working collaboratively, its members will develop “voice of industry” recommendations about applying net-centric standards to the NextGen procurement, as a way to achieve interoperability in the NAS and, potentially, the skies beyond U.S. borders. “We anticipate that the standards recommendations, best practices and net-centric pattern development derived from our collaboration will strengthen NextGen’s requirements,” said Terry Morgan, NCOIC executive chairman. “Our recommendations will be founded on the thoughts of multi-national, multi-industry leaders in net-centricity.” Industry’s review of a major acquisition’s enterprise architecture—prior to developing proposal requirements—is a pioneering effort conceived by the FAA. Its agreement with NCOIC supports a forum for peer review, through which industry can provide its expertise to FAA throughout NextGen’s lifecycle, from research through disposition; FAA will remain the final authority on enterprise architecture decisions. The significance of implementing a NextGen enterprise architecture based on open standards—and designed to enable network-centric operations—includes the following: delivering vital information to those who operate the NAS; speeding system development and reducing procurement cost through re-use of software, patterns and best practices; effectively bringing legacy systems into an interoperable enterprise; and supporting the seamless integration of rapidly emerging commercial technology into NextGen. The resulting benefit could be a technologically “evergreen” system that enhances controllers’ ability to manage traffic, increases passenger safety, reduces airport flight delays, and advances the airlines’ drive to achieve greener operations.
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About NCOIC:
The Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC™) is a not-for-profit association committed to the rapid, global deployment of network-centric applications. Established in 2004, NCOIC consists of more than 75 member organizations from 18 nations. They represent defense companies, large-scale systems integrators, information technology providers, government agencies and emergency responders. NCOIC’s advisory bodies include government officials, standards groups and other key stakeholders. For more information, visit www.NCOIC.org
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