Aircraft
Public-Private Partnerships Among Proposals to Advance NextGen
The vision of the satellite-based, data-centric, network-enabled transformation of the ATC system known as the Next Generation Air Transportation System (N

The vision of the satellite-based, data-centric, network-enabled transformation of the ATC system known as the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) has entered mainstream discourse in the U.S., but so too has the realization of its formidable cost.

The July 4 issue of The Washington Post led with the headline, “Modernization of air traffic control may be delayed,” bringing into public focus what the airlines and other airspace users have been sweating now for years: NextGen will cost upward of $42 billion by 2025, with government shouldering half of that amount for infrastructure and airspace users paying the remainder for equipment and training.