2 options
Air traffic control modernization: progress and challenges in implementing NextGen : report to congressional requesters / United States Government Accountability Office.
Connect to full text Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- United States. Government Accountability Office, author, issuing body.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Federal Aviation Administration--Information technology--Evaluation.
- United States.
- United States. Federal Aviation Administration.
- Air traffic control--Technological innovations--United States.
- Air traffic control.
- Air traffic control--United States--Automation.
- National Airspace System (U.S.)--Management.
- National Airspace System (U.S.).
- Air traffic control--Automation.
- Air traffic control--Technological innovations.
- Management--Evaluation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (iii, 52 pages) : color illustrations, color map
- Other Title:
- GAO-17-450 Air traffic control modernization
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : United States Government Accountability Office, 2017.
- Summary:
- FAA is leading the implementation of NextGen, which is designed to transition the nation's ground-based air traffic control system to one that uses satellite navigation, automated position reporting, and digital communications. Planning for NextGen began in 2003 and in 2007 the effort was estimated to cost between $29 and $42 billion by 2025. NextGen is intended to increase air transportation system capacity, enhance airspace safety, reduce delays, save fuel, and reduce adverse environmental effects from aviation. Given the cost, complexity, and length of the project, GAO was asked to review FAA's NextGen implementation efforts. This report examines: 1) how FAA has implemented NextGen and addressed implementation challenges; and 2) the challenges, if any, that remain for implementing NextGen, and FAA's actions to mitigate those challenges.
- Contents:
- Background
- FAA is implementing NextGen incrementally and has taken various actions to address challenges
- FAA faces various challenges to implementing NextGen agency comments
- Appendices.
- Notes:
- "August 2017."
- "GAO-17-450."
- In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Catalog and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (GAO, viewed January 27, 2018).
- OCLC:
- 1020592732
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.