Next generation air transportation system : the future of flight / Donna M. Blanchard, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blanchard, Donna M., editor.

Series:

Transportation infrastructure : roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit series.

Transportation Infrastructure : Roads, Highways, Bridges, Airports, and Mass Transit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air traffic control--Technological innovations--United States.

Air traffic control.

Air traffic control--Government policy--United States.

Artificial satellites in aeronautics--Government policy--United States.

Artificial satellites in aeronautics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 book provides an overview of the NextGen Air System, its implementation, phases of flight, and some of the technologies being used as its foundation.

Contents:

""NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT""; ""NEXT GENERATION AIR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM: THE FUTURE OF FLIGHT""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Next Generation Air Transportation System Fact Sheet""; ""Before Takeoff""; ""After Takeoff""; ""Over the Ocean""; ""On Approach""; ""NextGen Advanced Technologies""; ""Other Places Where NextGen is Being Rolled Out""; ""Aviation Community""; ""Chapter 2: FAA's NextGen: Implementation Plan - March 2010""; ""Why Nextgen Matters""; ""Executive Summary""

""NextGen Today""""Collaboration: RTCA Task Force Response""; ""NextGen 2018: Operating in the Mid-Term""; ""NextGen Benefits""; ""Challenges to Implementing NextGen""; ""Why NextGen Matters""; ""Introduction""; ""Section 1: Nextgen Today""; ""Delivering Operational Capabilities and Other Advances""; ""Improved Runway Access""; ""Improved Ground Safety and Operations""; ""NextGen and Airports""; ""Future Airport Capacity Task""; ""Planning and Design Standards""; ""Geographic Information System""; ""Metroplex Systems""; ""Sustainable, Green Airports""

""Improved Airspace Safety and Operations""""Pre

Implementation Activities""; ""Improved Processes and Standards""; ""Enhanced Safety""; ""Improved Environment and Energy""; ""NextGen Workforce Development""; ""Global Strategy""; ""Section 2: Collaboration""; ""RTCA Task Force Response""; ""Section 3:NextGen in 2018""; ""Operating in the Mid-Term""; ""Overview""; ""Flight Planning""; ""Push Back, Taxi and Departure""; ""Climb and Cruise""; ""Descent and Approach""; ""Landing, Taxi and Arrival""; ""Section 4:NextGen Benefits""; ""Tracking Gains from Demonstrations and Operations""

""Surface Operations""""Takeoff and Climb""; ""Cruise""; ""Descent, Approach and Landing""; ""NextGen and the Environment""; ""Section 5: Challenges""; ""Nextgen Integration a Complex Endeavor""; ""Appendix A: Aircraft Equipage for the Mid-Term""; ""Leveraging Existing Aircraft Capabilities""; ""Introduction of Aircraft Capabilities""; ""Plan for New Aircraft Capability Guidance""; ""Appendix B: NextGen Commitments and Milestones""; ""Airport Identifiers""; ""Acronyms""; ""End Notes""

""Chapter 3: FAA's NextGen: FAA Response to Recommendations of the RTCA Nextgen Mid-Term Implementation Task Force""""FAA Response""; ""Overarching""; ""Consistently Achieving Existing 3- and 5-Mile Separation""; ""Action Plan""; ""Incentivizing Equipage""; ""Streamlining""; ""Action Plan""; ""Other Considerations""; ""Response to Operational Recommendations""; ""Surface""; ""Task Force Recommendation""; ""(Operational Capability 40)3""; ""FAA Response""; ""Action Plan""; ""Task Force Recommendation""; ""(Operational Capabilities 43 & 38)""; ""FAA Response""; ""Action Plan""

""Task Force Recommendation""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-202-8