DOT OIG Audit Report Criticizes ADS-B Delays
The report raises questions about not only the lack of benefits of ADS-B but continued delays in implementation of ADS-B OUT equipage.
Leveraging satellite navigation and ever-advancing computer technology, NextGen and ADS-B have the potential to make air travel safer and more efficient than ever.
Leveraging satellite navigation and ever-advancing computer technology, NextGen and ADS-B have the potential to make air travel safer and more efficient than ever.

ADS-B is without question a promising solution to the many safety, capacity and other suboptimal characteristics of today’s air traffic management system. Moreover, most observers agree that ADS-B will be one of the essential keys to America’s NextGen air traffic control system and comparable programs worldwide. All that is a given. Unfortunately, its introduction appears to be off to a rocky start.