Reports
Interoperability Is the Goal
Next Generation Air Transportation: Collaborative Efforts with European Union Generally Mirror Effective Practices, but Near-Term Challenges Could Delay Implementation
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO). GAO-12-48. Tables, figures, appendixes. November 2011. Available at www.gao.gov/products/GAO-12-48.
The United States and the European Union (EU) are working simultaneously on major overhauls of their air traffic control (ATC)systems, involving transition from radar-based surveillance and control to satellite-based systems. While the changes are similar, they are being carried out under separate programs: the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) in the United States and the Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research (SESAR) program in Europe.
Hundreds of flights travel from the Un…
