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ERAM lateness having secondary NextGen effects, says GAO

Cascading effects whose true extent is yet is unknown caused by a delay in rollout of a key software project have already begun to reverberate within the Federal Aviation Administration's...

FAA reauthorization would create NextGen czar UPDATED

A four year, $63.6 billion Federal Aviation Administration authorization bill agreed to by a conference committee of House and Senate lawmakers would require creation of a Chief NextGen Officer. The...

Senate appropriators say funding NextGen requires infrastructure cuts

Funding the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen air traffic modernization effort in the coming fiscal year requires sacrifices in other areas of capital investment, says the Senate

Auditors question FAA oversight of ADS-B towers

Federal Aviation Administration reliance on the remote monitoring of a key air traffic control modernization technology carries with it the risk of losing visibility into the national airspace

House FAA reauthorization would make ADS-B In mandatory

A proposed four-year reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration unveiled Feb. 11 by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee would reduce agency funding by $4 billion, an act

FAA's ERAM is late, over budget, and could have 'cascading' effects on NextGen, says Scovel

A key Federal Aviation Administration air traffic control modernization effort is late and could require as much as another $500 million to complete, says Transportation Department Inspector General

FAA's NextGen could cost $160 billion

Federal Aviation Administration-led efforts to modernize the nation's air traffic control system--an effort collectively dubbed NextGen--could cost four times as much as initially estimated. Analysis

FAA slowness on equipment approval could inhibit NextGen, says GAO

A time-consuming Federal Aviation Administration certification process for new aircraft equipment continues to threaten the roll out of avionics capable of taking full advantage of NextGen, the FAA's

ADS-B In could be too expensive for nationwide rollout, says IG

Technology that will allow pilots to have a real-time cockpit picture of their location relative to near-by aircraft could cost too much to roll out nationwide, says a Transportation Department

FAA defining technical requirements for ADS-B on ground vehicles

The Federal Aviation Administration is gearing up to define Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technical requirements for ground airport vehicles, according to a draft advisory