In 2003, Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NGATS) Joint Planning and Development Office (JDPO) to plan the development of an air transportation system capable of meeting potential air traffic demand for 2025. All federal agencies involved in aviation participate in the JDPO providing the opportunity overcome many of the major barriers to developing an effective NGATS. To assist this process, the NRC was asked to examine the first NGATS Integrated Plan prepared by JPDO and submitted to Congress in 2004. This report provides a review of the vision and goals, the operational concepts, and the R&D roadmap developed by the plan; an analysis of the JDPO integrated product teams created to carry out the planning; and an assessment of the implementation process.Table of Contents


Front Matter
Executive Summary
1 Introduction
2 Vision and Goals
3 Operational Concepts
4 Research and Development Roadmap and Integrated Product Teams
5 Implementation
6 Summary
Findings and Recommendations
Appendix A Table of Contents of the Next Generation Air Transportation System Integrated Plan
Appendix B The Vision 100—Century of Aviation Reauthorization Act Public Law 108-176, Section 709 and 710
Appendix C Integrated Plan Inventory
Appendix D Statement of Task and Study Approach
Appendix E Biographies of Committee Members
Appendix F An Approach to Assessing Goals and Policies
Appendix G Draft Plans by the Environmental Integrated Product Team
Appendix H Acronyms and Abbreviations