Pursuit's Take
Since fiscal year 2004, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been developing the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to increase the safety and efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). To execute this transition, FAA is developing the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system,1 which is expected to leverage new and existing technologies to provide aircraft information to pilots and air traffic controllers during all phases of flight.
FAA determined that the total costs for the current ADS-B program, including funding that has already been spent, now outweigh the projected benefits of the program by as much as $588 million.
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