DOT Office of Inspector General Report Faults FAA NextGen Program Progress

DOT Inspector General Report Faults FAA NextGen Progress

U.S. NextGen air traffic management may not be as transformational as originally promised

Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General Report — © U.S. Department of Transportation

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

May 2, 2024

NextGen air traffic management technology will be less transformational than originally promised, according to a report by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). Under Section 502 of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, the OIG was tasked with reporting on the FAA’s progress in implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen), which is a massive investment in modernizing the aging U.S. air traffic system.

According to the OIG report, the FAA claimed in its Section 502 NextGen report that “all major NextGen systems will be in place by 2025.” However, the OIG noted, that full deployment will take longer because the “FAA plans to deploy each major system to at least one location by 2025.” According to OIG's analysis and other stakeholder reports, the NextGen infrastructure will be less transformational than originally promised.

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