Aviation Infrastructure

Booz Allen Hamilton works with the U.S. federal agencies responsible for the nation’s aviation infrastructure including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, and Department of Commerce, as well as operators and manufacturers in the aviation industry.

Since its first aviation assignment for United Airlines in 1930, Booz Allen has worked with clients across the industry providing technical and management consulting expertise. Booz Allen was named "Best Consulting Firm to the Air Traffic Management Industry" by Air Traffic Management magazine in 2007. We have completed more than 1,000 successful engagements for clients in the airport, airline, aerospace, and travel industries, as well as air navigation service providers and government and regulatory agencies worldwide. This experience provides us with in-depth knowledge of the entire aviation value chain.

Our Work

The aviation industry is facing a wholesale transformation of traditional operating models in the commercial and government domains. Because of the complexity of the national airspace system, it is no longer feasible to pursue incremental efficiency improvements that can be justified in isolation but often fail to produce aggregate benefits. Meeting the current challenges in the aviation environment requires an integrated system approach that pursues rapid performance improvements in the short term, while simultaneously securing lasting advantages for the industry.

New operating models are being driven by the need to simplify core processes and operations, modernize equipment and infrastructure, minimize constraints, increase capacity, and enhance security, while maintaining and improving the industry’s outstanding safety record. This inherently cross-functional challenge favors Booz Allen Hamilton’s distinctive depth and breadth of experience across the technology, government, commercial operations, and security domains of the aviation industry.

Our Capabilities

Booz Allen’s wide range of aviation engagements provides a depth of expertise that spans the entire spectrum of the aviation industry—from transportation policy and air traffic management to airport planning and airline operations. We employ a diverse set of aviation professionals that bring an integrated aviation industry perspective, combined with assignment-specific expertise, to each of our engagements. The primary service areas we deliver to aviation infrastructure clients include:

• Assurance and Resilience
• Economics and Business Analysis
• Information Technology
• Intelligence and Operations Analysis
• Modeling and Simulation
• Organization and Strategy
• Supply Chain and Logistics
• Systems Engineering and Integration
• Safety and Security

Career Opportunities

Explore career opportunities at the leading edge of aviation infrastructure.

Additional Information

• Engineering Cybersecurity for the Future Air Transportation System—Securing the nation's future air transportation system against cyber attack.
• Booz Allen Hamilton Continues to Expand and Strengthen its Civil Aviation Practice to Help Achieve NextGen Objectives—Civil aviation experts to focus on the Federal Aviation Administration’s complex NextGen implementation and integration challenges.
• Risk-Based Safety Oversight for the Federal Aviation Administration—The Federal Aviation Administration has set a goal of safety management systems (SMS) integration throughout its safety oversight process and has called on Booz Allen to help design new methodologies and systems and implement change through its System Approach for Safety Oversight (SASO) Program Office.
• Charting a Course for the Future of Air Transportation: The Next Generation Air Transportation System—The Federal Aviation Administration is overseeing NextGen and has turned to Booz Allen to help define how NextGen will unfold.
• Booz Allen Named Best Consulting Firm to the Air Traffic Management Industry—Air Traffic Management magazine, the authoritative resource for the global air navigation services and aviation industries, named Booz Allen Hamilton as the 2007 Best Consulting Firm to the air traffic management industry.
• Airports as Engines of Economic Development: Great Airports Are Critical for a Region—A great airport fuels regional economic growth. But if you build it, will they come? Only if you build it the right way.
• Catching Travelers on the Fly—Occasion-based segmentation online is the travel industry’s ticket to success.