FTI provides the economic analysis infrastructure to create life cycle cost for multiple technology alternatives. Today’s world requires that each and every investment provide the most return for the stakeholders.  FTI’s Business Case Analysis personnel, processes, and tools ensure your best value alternative is identified. For both Defense and commercial clients, FTI has provided critical BCA support to effectively secure funding for candidate systems, provide Return-on-Investment analysis for multiple systems, and document the Business Case.  

FTI cost as an independent variable process automates sensitivity processes to facilitate optimizing warfighter performance and minimizing cost. CAIV is a requirement for all DoD programs and is the primary acquisition process strategy for meeting Warfighter requirements while Reducing Total Ownership Costs (RTOC). . The process involves evaluating the client’s alternatives against weighted decision criteria to create an interactive decision-space and arrive at a solution that best meets the clients’s defined and prioritized needs. Read More…

FTI Logistics Composite Model (LCOM) analysis provides framework to assess logistics footprint associated with DoD and commercial aircraft. The development of a sound, structured and integrated simulation model to support investment decision analyses for existing and future weapon systems is critical. FTI logistics support analysis using simulation (ASC LCOM) provides a capability for effective and credible validation of benefits through a logistics analysis capability within a larger integrated environment for providing comprehensive and detailed benefit analysis.

FTI has implemented both qualitative and quantitative risk assessment techniques to allow companies an objective method to deal with risk. I-CAIV tools have employed different methodologies to incorporate risk assessments into the decision process. The determination as to which technical approach is best is primarily based on the maturity of the concept.  Detailed Risk Models work for more mature concepts with mature designs.