In congressional testimony on Wednesday, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) chief Michel Huerta cited his agency’s Next Generation Air Transportation System
— NextGen for short — as an example of the critical “investments” the
federal government is making and must continue to make in
air-traffic-control infrastructure, even as controllers are being
furloughed, causing widespread delays and disruption at the nation’s
airports.
NextGen is an ambitious multiyear, multibillion-dollar project to increase air-traffic efficiency through technological innovation. Representative Hal Rogers (R., Ky.) asked Huerta whether, “in light of the current situation,” funding for NextGen projects should “have priority over the operation of commercial airspace.”
Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346688/extravagance-faa
NextGen is an ambitious multiyear, multibillion-dollar project to increase air-traffic efficiency through technological innovation. Representative Hal Rogers (R., Ky.) asked Huerta whether, “in light of the current situation,” funding for NextGen projects should “have priority over the operation of commercial airspace.”
Read more: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346688/extravagance-faa
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