The organization is seeking a strategic partnership to accelerate the transformation of legacy applications and systems. The initiative aims to reduce technical debt, enhance user experience, improve security and resiliency, and deliver long-term cost efficiencies while ensuring continuity of operations and safety for the National Airspace System.

The Information and Technology Services (AIT) requires innovative, secure, and resilient IT solutions to enable portfolio-wide rationalization. Objectives include transitioning legacy systems into modular, scalable, and cloud-native architectures, eliminating redundant business functions, and minimizing technical debt and operational footprint for sustained efficiency.

AI and ML-assisted techniques should be used to accelerate application analysis, code refactoring, automated testing, and identify consolidation or retirement candidates. Human-centered design practices and UX patterns are to be embedded across efforts for consistency and efficiency. Vendors should integrate generative AI and intelligent automation within core workflows, enabling rapid releases, integrated security validation, and data-driven transparency in development velocity, risk posture, and product health.