The NGIP is a very interesting document, published by the FAA in a new version every year. The latest issue was released in March this year. The purpose of the NGIP is to help inform the public at large about how the Agency plans to implement the Next Generation air traffic management concept over the coming years (2009-2018).
The book describes the FAA’s accomplishments to date and lists the targets it is working to in terms of technology and program milestones. Of particular interest are the sections that describe how achievement of the targets and milestones will be supported.
The 2010 edition of the NGIP is interesting also in that it re-states, in Section 2, the FAA’s response to the RTCA NextGen Mid-term Implementation Task Force report and so you get in a single volume all the most important information relevant to NextGen. Other sections describe the current state of NextGen, FAA’s proposals for development and implementation in the 2009-2018 (mid-term) timeframe, the benefits FAA expects to be realized and finally in Section 5 the challenges and risks are discussed.
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