Making the NextGen Vision a Reality. 2006 Progress Report to the Next Generation Air Transportation System Integrated Plan

摘要

Our work on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), continues to be an exciting and challenging undertaking. NextGen is unprecedented in scope and duration. It is visionary in character, but at the same time focuses on a very real and current concern, namely the future of our nation's air transportation system. We know that demand for aviation services is growing and that the time is not far off when it will be diffi cult to successfully manage air traffic demand with the current system. That is why Congress, through Vision 100 in 2003, endorsed the concept of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) and directed the formation of the Joint Planning and Development Offi ce (JPDO) to facilitate this process. NextGen is about a long-term transformation of our nation's air transportation system. This is a transformation based on meaningful integration and collaboration between all NextGen partners, including the private sector. It focuses on leveraging new technologies, such as satellite-based navigation, surveillance, and networking. We are setting the stage for the development of an air transportation system that will be safe, scalable to growing demand, and responsive to evolving business models. It is a new approach to the way we view the future of the system, and it demands a new level of collaboration, planning, and vision. The most important products in development for NextGen are the definitional tools and documents that explain what the system is, what its capabilities are, and how they all fit together. Having these kinds of planning tools is essential for an initiative of this of scope. With that in mind, the JPDO is working with all of its government partners and the private sector in developing the Concept of Operations and the Enterprise Architecture. The Concept of Operations explains how the system will work and what it will look like.