Next Generation Air Transportation System de Donna M. Blanchard

Next Generation Air Transportation System

Donna M. Blanchard

The Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, is the transformation of the radar-based air traffic control system of today to a satellite-based system of the future. This transformation is essential in order to safely accommodate the number of people who fly in the United States. New, satellite-based technologies will significantly improve safety, capacity and efficiency on runways and in the nation's skies while providing environmentally friendly procedures and technologies that reduce fuel burn, carbon emissions and noise. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is leveraging existing technologies and expanding their capabilities to bring the benefits of NextGen to the flying public today. This book provides an overview of the NextGen Air System, its implementation, phases of flight, and some of the technologies being used as its foundation.

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Preface; Next Generation Air Transportation System Fact Sheet; FAA's NextGen: Implementation Plan - March 2010; FAA's NextGen: FAA Response to Recommendations of the RTCA Nextgen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force; "NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency Co-operation" Hearing; Statement of Dr. Karlin Toner, Director, Joint Planning and Development Office, Federal Aviation Administration, and Senior Staff Advisor to the Secretary of Transportation on NextGen, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Hearing on "NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency Co-operation"; Next Generation Air Transportation System: Challenges with Partner Agency and FAA Coordination Continue, and Efforts to Integrate Near-, Mid-, and Long-Term Activities are Ongoing; Challenges in Meeting FAA's Long-Term Goals for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (Statement of The Honorable Calvin L. Scrovel III, Inspector General, U.S. Department of Transportation); Statement of Dr Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator for the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Hearing on "NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency Co-operation"; Statement of Steven Pennington, Director of Bases, Ranges, and Airspace, DCS/Operations, Plans and Requirements, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Hearing on "NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency Co-operation"; Statement of Lorraine Bolsinger, President and CEO GE Aviation Systems, before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Hearing on "NextGen: Long-Term Planning and Interagency Co-operation"; Index.