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Flat NASA R&D budget could impact hypersonic research, says House panel
"NASA needs to maintain a capability in hypersonics," said Wesley Harris, chair of the National Research Council's committee to assess NASA's aeronautics flight research capabilities.
Transformational FAA modernization programs slipping schedule
Air traffic control modernization efforts the Federal Aviation Administration has dubbed "transformational" are sliding over schedule, a Transportation Department audit shows.
Auditors question FAA's ability to manage SE2020
The indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts--awarded to seven companies under the System Engineering 2020 solicitation--are cumulatively worth up to $7.3 billion over a decade. The contracts are meant to support projects, such as trajectory based operations, related to the FAA's ongoing FAA air traffic control modernization effort known as NextGen.
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...
Air traffic control training gaps will be exacerbated by NextGen, says OIG
Air traffic control facilities critical to management of the national airspace system face a training resource gap that roll out of a Federal Aviation Administration modernization effort will
Top FAA execs lack institutional knowledge, says official; agency must be prepared for cuts
Turnover of top executives at the Federal Aviation Administration has led to a lack of institutional knowledge at the agency, said Toni Trombecky, a 31 year veteran of the agency serving out her
ERAM now IOC at four more ARTCCs, says FAA
Four of six air route traffic control centers the Federal Aviation Administration said last fall would gain initial operating capability with En Route Automation Modernization software have done so
NextGen budget cuts hurt EU collaboration, says GAO
Budget cuts to the Federal Aviation Administration's multi-year air traffic control modernization effort could have the effect of making coordination with European counterparts more difficult, warns
Congress says no to ERAM upgrade funding
A "minibus" funding bill signed into law Nov. 18 by President Obama will make a number of cuts in this fiscal year to the Federal Aviation Administration's NextGen air traffic control...
