Our Mission

The mission of the Communication, Information and Network Programs (CINP) is to provide communications infrastructure and enterprise services for the nation’s air traffic control system, known as the National Airspace System (NAS), and the Department of Defense.

What We Do

The Federal Aviation Administration’s CINP group supports the NAS through the engineering, acquisition, and management of voice, data, cloud and other communications systems and services. 

Our Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain the equipment necessary for air traffic controllers to communicate with other controllers, ground personnel, pilots in the air and on the ground and other authorities.
• Maintain a secure information system to provide aeronautical, flight, weather and surveillance data to the NAS and authorized outside users.
• Provide enterprise-scale compute and platform capabilities for NAS systems.
• Design and execute trainings for Program Management Office acquisitions and NAS systems.
• Assist and collaborate with Air Navigation Service Providers.

Our Portfolio

An array of programs, with associated systems and networks, are encompassed within our portfolio: 

• Air/Ground Voice Communications 
• System Wide Information Management
• Enterprise Compute & Platform Capabilities
• Voice Switches and Recorders