NextGen Implementation Plan
NextGen Implementation Plan

Author: Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.)

Publisher: Government Printing Office

Published: 2013-06-18

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 016092071X

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The 2013 Plan serves as a roadmap of the FAA’s ongoing transition to NextGen and provides an overview of the benefits aircraft operators and passengers are receiving from recent NextGen improvements. NextGen is the shift to smarter, satellite-based and digital technologies and new procedures to make air travel more convenient, predictable and environmentally friendly. Highlights of the Plan include the latest on metroplex initiatives, Performance Based Navigation growth, Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast deployments, surface collaboration and plans for future benefits. The plan devotes an entire chapter to general aviation and recognizes the growing role of this important stakeholder.

Transformation in the Air
Transformation in the Air

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2015-07-24

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13: 0309374634

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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is currently undertaking a broad program known as Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to develop, introduce, and certify new technologies into the National Airspace System. NextGen is a fundamentally transformative change that is being implemented incrementally over a period of many years. Currently, the FAA is putting into place the foundation that provides support for the future building blocks of a fully operational NextGen. NextGen is a challenging undertaking that includes ground systems, avionics installed in a wide range of aircraft, and procedures to take advantage of the new technology. Transformation in the Air assesses the FAA's plan for research on methods and procedures to improve both confidence in and the timeliness of certification of new technologies for their introduction into the National Airspace System. This report makes recommendations to include both ground and air elements and document the plan's relationship to the other activities and procedures required for certification and implementation into the National Airspace System.

National Airspace System: FAA Reauthorization Issues are Critical to System Transformation and Operations
National Airspace System: FAA Reauthorization Issues are Critical to System Transformation and Operations

Author: Gerald L. Dillingham

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2009-05-01

Total Pages: 17

ISBN-13: 1437913210

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Discusses six issues that are important in reauthorizing FAA programs: (1) Ensuring the safe and efficient transformation to the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen); (2) Strengthening oversight of aviation safety: Incomplete and inaccurate safety data jeopardize FAA's implementation of a new safety management approach; (3) Reducing congestion and providing access to the national airspace system; (4) Addressing aviation's impact on the environment, including noise, emissions, and other pollutants; (5) Ensuring a sufficient, trained workforce; and (6) Ensuring timely reauthorization of FAA programs. Charts and tables.

Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Transformation and Issues Associated with Midterm Implementation of Capabilities
Next Generation Air Transportation System: Status of Transformation and Issues Associated with Midterm Implementation of Capabilities

Author: Gerald L. Dillingham

Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1437915485

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The FAA, incl. its Joint Planning and Dev¿t. Office (JPDO) and Air Traffic Org. (ATO), is planning for and implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in partnership with other fed. agencies and the aviation industry. NextGen will transform the current radar-based air traffic control system into a more automated, aircraft-centered, satellite-based system. This testimony focuses on: (1) JPDO's and ATO's progress in planning and implementing NextGen; (2) ongoing efforts to implement midterm capabilities to address capacity constraints and delays; (3) the potential impact on NextGen of organizational changes and human capital issues; and (4) R&D and facilities maintenance and reconfiguration challenges going forward. Illus.