Economic Solutions

FTI provides its customers with the cost estimating and affordability analysis services to assess the affordability of programs to support proposed budgets and to help keep programs funded. This includes economic analyses and tool refinement to assess the investment cost and affordability of new programs; modification or enhancements including development, production, and operation and support (O&S) costs; O&S savings generated by replacing older equipment with new technologies having lower operating costs; and the resulting return-on-investment. Currently, FTI’s services are focused on analysis and research using a combination of FTI’s own tools as well as community-accepted tools such as ACEIT and SEER. Several innovative methodologies for assessing the cost and affordability of military systems and technologies, and developing and documenting a business case analysis (BCA) have been established and used successfully.