The FAA describes its plan to advance the current traffic control system to a satellite-based system called NextGen.

1. Delivering NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System Federal Aviation Administration Victoria Cox, FAA ATO Senior Vice President for NextGen & Operations Planning November 2008

4. Environmental Impact Trends show that environmental impacts from aircraft noise and emissions will be a critical constraint on airspace capacity and flexibility -- unless managed & mitigated Increased efficiency with NextGen will lead to reduced fuel consumption, resulting in lower carbon emissions. 100 90 80 70

5. NextGen: Improving Efficiency and Capacity Ground-based Navigation and Surveillance Air Traffic Control Communications By Voice Disconnected Information Systems Air Traffic “Control” Fragmented Weather Forecasting Airport Operations Limited By Visibility Conditions Forensic Safety Systems Satellite-based Navigation and Surveillance Routine Information Sent Digitally Information More Readily Accessible Air Traffic “Management” Forecasts Embedded into Decisions Operations Continue Into Lower Visibility Conditions Prognostic Safety Systems The transition to NextGen has already begun. Today’s National Airspace System NextGen

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