![]() ![]() ![]() In 2006, the FAA's Air Traffic Organization reported that civil aviation accounted for 11 million jobs and represented 5.6% of the Gross Domestic Product and, according to the FAA's calculations using U.S. In fact, the aviation sector will be an important factor in the nation’s economic recovery. We know that we must be poised to handle future demand that will surely return as the nation’s economy improves. NextGen is needed to bring to air transportation the same twenty-first century processes that give operations in other industries reliability, flexibility, and predictability.Įven in the face of falling demand and reduced capacity, we’ve seen congestion continue in our busiest airspace. Our preeminence as a nation in air transportation is not assured. NextGen takes advantage of new technology that is similarly being used to transform our personal lives and the way we do business, such as GPS, analog-to-digital, and network to network data sharing.Īlthough it is extremely safe, the current system is not performing adequately. NextGen builds on legacy systems to increase capability in today’s National Airspace System (NAS), adds new performance-based procedures and routes, and ultimately delivers programs that transform the NAS. NextGen is not a single piece of equipment or a program or a system that will instantaneously transform the air transportation system. NextGen is a highly complex, multilayered, long-term evolutionary process of developing and implementing new technologies and procedures. NextGen will change the way the system operates – reducing congestion, noise, and emissions, expanding capacity and improving the passenger experience. ![]() NextGen is a wide-ranging transformation of the entire national air transportation system to meet future demand and support the economic viability of the system while reducing delays, improving safety, and protecting the environment. Thank you for inviting me here today to discuss the current state of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) efforts on air traffic control modernization and the near term goals of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen). HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE,Ĭhairman Costello, Ranking Member Petri, Members of the Subcommittee: OPERATIONS PLANNING SERVICES, AIR TRAFFIC ORGANIZATION,ĪIR TRAFFIC CONTROL MODERNIZATION AND NEXTGEN: ![]()
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