NextGen Implementation Plan
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Related Plans
NextGen Concept of Operations (PDF)
The Concept of Operations, developed by JPDO, is a document that provides a basic operational description of how the air transportation system will function in 2025. The version released for comment in March 2007 describes all segments of a flight, from the time an aircraft departs until it arrives at its destination, as well as operations that take place before and after a flight, such as flight planning and security screenings. The NextGen Implementation Plan, in turn, defines the major operational changes FAA will make through technologies and procedures that will transform today’s NAS into the NextGen system.
FAA Flight Plan (PDF)
The Flight Plan is FAA's five-year strategic plan. It focuses on a select group of high-priority, measurable goals and initiatives for achieving increased aviation safety, greater airspace capacity, international leadership, and organizational excellence. Each FAA office links its respective annual business plan to the Flight Plan. The NextGen Implementation Plan's near-term initiatives for NextGen are part of the Flight Plan, although the NextGen Implementation Plan's timeframe stretches through 2025.
Enterprise Architecture
The NAS and NextGen Enterprise Architectures provide extremely detailed system engineering plans that define timelines and milestones for, and enable the development of, key infrastructure programs. They are the backbone of the NextGen Implementation Plan. The NextGen Implementation Plan describes the operational changes that these infrastructure programs, in coordination with new procedures, avionics, and other elements, will ultimately provide.
National Aviation Research Plan (PDF)
Research and development is critical to ensuring the FAA meets NextGen goals. The annual National Aviation Research Plan (NARP) is an integrated, performance-based plan which describes the FAA Research and Development (R&D) programs that support both the day-to-day operations of the National Airspace System and the vision for NextGen. The NextGen Implementation Plan links R&D activities to the plan’s transformative capabilities, to show explicitly how research is moving FAA toward NextGen.
Capacity Needs of the National Airspace System: 2007-2025 (FACT 2)
The NextGen Implementation Plan Metro Areas were defined based on this analysis of future airport capacity.
NextGen 101
What is NextGen? The answer was provided in the first of a series of NextGen “lunch and learn” events for employees on May 12, 2008 at FAA headquarters. The panel described the cross-government effort called Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) which will transform the National Airspace System to meet growing needs. Looking at NextGen from different points of view, the panel included:- Vicki Cox, Senior Vice President for NextGen and Operations Planning
- Catherine Lang, Deputy Associate Administrator for Airports
- Carl Burleson, Director of the Office of Environment and Energy
- Bruce DeCleene, Acting Manager, Avionics System
This link is for the video of the event (WMV), and this link is for the NextGen overview briefing (MS PowerPoint).
