How OEP Will Lead FAA through the NextGen Transformation

Abstract

Since 2003, the multi-agency Joint Planning and Development Office has been formulating how the U.S. air traffic system must transform to meet future demands. The Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) concept of operations provides the guiding vision, and each agency must then choose the initiatives it will undertake to produce the outlined operational improvements. FAA, in particular, will have a lot of work to do, and the truth is, when we talk about implementation on such a large scale, 2025 is not that far away. Ready to embrace this hard work, FAA has expanded the existing OEP to become its NextGen implementation plan. Now known as the Operational Evolution Partnership, the OEP will integrate myriad FAA planning activities into one comprehensive, high-level document, which will integrate agency activities and provide a firm foundation for implementing NextGen.