Toward the Twenty-First Century - Modernization of the National Airspace System 821430
The National Airspace System Plan delineates specific improvements for facilities and equipments which must be made in order to meet the projected demands of air transportation through the year 2000. The plan focuses on how to best accomplish the following objectives:
Accommodate spiralling demands for aviation services
Constrain costs
Recast the required technical framework
Deal with aging facilities
The primary purpose of the modernization of the airspace system is to reduce operating costs while enhancing safety. This requires:
Citation: Thompson, G. and Philumalee, T., "Toward the Twenty-First Century - Modernization of the National Airspace System," SAE Technical Paper 821430, 1982, https://doi.org/10.4271/821430. Download Citation
Author(s):
Gerald L. Thompson, Thomas J. Philumalee
Affiliated:
Federal Aviation Administration Systems Engineering Service
Pages: 6
Event:
Aerospace Congress and Exposition
ISSN:
0148-7191
e-ISSN:
2688-3627
Also in:
Behavioral Objectives in Aviation Automated Systems Symposium-P-114
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