Industry urges more funding for NASA
Proposed funding cuts that could affect NASA’s ability to conduct aeronautics research–including work on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGA

Proposed funding cuts that could affect NASA’s ability to conduct aeronautics research–including work on the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS)–continue to draw fire from lawmakers, aerospace officials and academia.
This summer, Dr. Michael Romanowski, the Aerospace Industries Association’s vice president for civil aviation, told Congress that if NASA is to remain at the forefront of aeronautics research, “it is critical that significant changes are made to the proposed aeronautics funding levels and research plans.”

NASA aeronautics funding has decreased more than 50 percent since Fiscal Year 1994, and Romanowski warned that while NASA continues to downsize and internalize its aeronautics program, the European Union is accelerating implementation of its R&D plan, Vision 2020.