Frequentis is to work with Verizon to transition the US National Airspace System (NAS) to a modern IP network under the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Enterprise Network Services (FENS) contract. The FENS programme will update the FAA’s telecommunications network across the US, allowing it to support the Air Traffic Management (ATM) of more than 45,000 flights and 2.9 million airline passengers each day.
Verizon will build a “dynamic, highly available and secure enterprise network” for the FAA, in order to support the agency’s applications across the NAS, which supports more than one billion passengers per year. Frequentis will provide network products vitalsphere VCX-IP and NetBroker for “versatile, modern, and network-enabled ATM operations” in the NAS.
The Frequentis products will enable Verizon and the FAA to support voice communications, radar, automation, and other NAS requirements with legacy interfaces while moving to an IP-based network. “Frequentis is proud to have been selected by Verizon for the important objective of interfacing the FAA’s operational ATM systems to the FENS backbone. Our VCX-IP and NetBroker have been designed for this exact purpose. We are looking forward to supporting Verizon’s FENS team in its evolution of the FAA’s network infrastructure,” said Dieter Eier, president of Frequentis USA. “Under the contract, Frequentis will also supply enterprise services for configuration and network management, along with architecture and integration support.”
