Federal Aviation Administration Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Briefing to COMSTAC Kelvin Coleman May 16, 2008

2 Federal Aviation Administration 2 The NextGen Initiative Office of Science & Technology Policy National Aeronautics and Space Administration Federal Aviation Administration Department of Commerce Department of Homeland Security Department of Defense Department of Transportation  The Next Generation Air Transportation System  Congressionally mandated  Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) coordinating  Partners Mission To transform air transportation improving safety, security & environmental impact, and increasing capacity (2-3x)

3 Federal Aviation Administration 3 JPDO Organization Systems Engineering & Analysis Division JPDO Director / Deputy JPDO Director / Deputy Enterprise Architecture & Engineering Division Policy Division Portfolio Management Division Working Groups Aircraft (FAA)Airports (FAA) ANS (FAA)Env-mt (FAA) Global (FAA)Net-Centric (DoD) Safety (FAA)Security (TSA) Weather (DoC/NOAA) Working Groups Aircraft (FAA)Airports (FAA) ANS (FAA)Env-mt (FAA) Global (FAA)Net-Centric (DoD) Safety (FAA)Security (TSA) Weather (DoC/NOAA) Partnership Management Division Business Management Division Business Management Division NextGen Institute Governance Senior Policy Committee Board of Directors Advisors REDAC Exec. Comm Institute Mngmt Council Inter-Agency Coordination Joint Architecture & Engineering Board Integration Council Regulatory Council Environmental DOD SafetyGlobal SecurityATO Regulatory Council Environmental DOD SafetyGlobal SecurityATO

4 Federal Aviation Administration 4 NextGen Challenge  The Current System is Not Performing Adequately  Delays up 20% since 2006  Demand increasing – possibly 2-3 times by 2025  Simulation shows en route saturation by 2015 timeframe  The Current System is Not Scalable  Impractical to add more sectors and controllers  Single voice channel radio limits capacity  The NextGen Plan Offers a Transformational Approach to Resolving Current Inadequacies  Identifies foundational programs achieving mid-term (2015) capabilities  Identifies research and development requirements  Requires commitment to stable funding to encourage industry investment in enabling equipment  Cost of not moving to NextGen  >$40 billion by year 2020, and >$100 billion by 2030

5 Federal Aviation Administration 5 NextGen Transformation  Ground-based technology  Dependent on human interface and decisions made on the ground  Limited use of automation  Single channel voice control  Aging Infrastructure  Satellite navigation  Digital non-voice communication and advanced networking  Collaborative operations with decisions made in the cockpit  Flight crews have increased control over their trajectories Today’s NAS NextGen in 2025

6 Federal Aviation Administration 6 JPDO NextGen Products “What” The NextGen transformed state will be -Narrative -System Documentation “Who, When and How” The NextGen capabilities will be researched, developed and implemented “Why” The NextGen investments make sense Concept of Operations Enterprise Architecture Integrated Work Plan OMB Business Case Exhibit 300

7 Federal Aviation Administration 7 The Cost Of NextGen  JPDO has reviewed several initial outside estimates:  FAA’s Research, Engineering and Development Advisory Committee (REDAC)  MITRE Avionics Estimate  FAA’s Air Traffic Organization (ATO)  The First Five Years - $4.6 billion:  $4.3 billion in ATO capital appropriation  $300 million in research, engineering, and development  Longer-Term Cost Estimates:  Next 10 years: $8-10 billion  End-state or through 2025: $15-22 billion  Avionics costs = $14-20 billion

8 Federal Aviation Administration 8 NextGen Implementation Approaches Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP) NextGen Program Office – Inter-agency Weather Study Team – Network-Enabled Operations Inter-agency Weather Study Team TBD Aeronautics Research Plan

9 Federal Aviation Administration 9 Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP) The FAA’s approach to implementing the JPDO vision & integrating NextGen capabilities  Manages an evolutionary process of operational improvements  Ensures development processes are not just parallel, but complementary in order to achieve NextGen transformational capabilities  Tracks investments  Provides timeline for implementation  Insures Agency commitment FAA’s NextGen Implementation Plan

10 Federal Aviation Administration 10 NextGen Concept of Operations  Will provide an overall, integrated view of NextGen operations in the 2025 timeframe, including key transformations from today’s operations  Provides all stakeholders with an iterative version of the NextGen Vision in order to gain further consensus for incremental improvement.  Helps identify key research and policy issues that need resolution to achieve national goals for air transportation.  Go to

11 Federal Aviation Administration 11 NextGen ConOps Space Transportation Annex  Provides a conceptual look at future launch operations conducted by all space launch sectors  Help the JPDO and partner agencies identify NextGen issues specific to space launch  Based on the Future Interagency Range and Spaceport Technologies (FIRST) partner Space Launch Operators ConOps (2004)  FAA, NASA-KSC, Air Force teamed to convert FIRST ConOps into draft NextGen Space Transportation Annex  Initial delivery to JPDO slated for late July 2008  Supplementary document to the NextGen ConOps  Updated versions will be developed as needed  Go to  Send comments to call

12 Federal Aviation Administration 12 NextGen Institute: Mechanism for Industry Involvement with JPDO  Provides a mechanism for private sector to actively engage with government in defining, developing, and implementing the NextGen System  Executive Director + 3 Staff  16-member Institute Management Council (IMC)  Leadership and participation in 9 JPDO Working Groups  Each has a government and an industry co-chair  private sector Working Group participants