Next Generation Air Transportation System Integrated Plan

7. Develop a System-Wide Capability to Reduce
Weather Impacts
Strategy:
• Achieve increased safety and efficiency in the national
aviation system by deploying and integrating scientific
and operational advances in weather technology, enabling
aviation system users to mitigate the negative impact of
adverse weather.
Research areas:
• Develop enhanced weather observations and forecasts,
and integrate them with decision-support tools to enhance
capacity and efficiency of the airspace while improving
safety.
• Develop integrated user requirements and appropriate
spatial, temporal, and probabilistic characterizations of
each hazard in the airspace, and establish the means of
disseminating these characterizations to the users of the air
transportation system.
and interdependencies; and (2) manage the convergence of results.
5.2 High-Level Roadmap
Many of the steps toward transformation will involve changes in
policy, procedures, and technology. Industry, local governments,
the aviation community, and the agencies involved with this project
will work together to assess the effectiveness of change, its cost to
implement, and the level of change that is complementary to the
overall goals and objectives.
The following figure provides a high level view of the roadmap,
reflecting the confluence of major activities and milestones for the
transformation to the NGATS, and schedules for each of the eight
transformation strategies.
8. Harmonize Equipage and Operations Globally
Strategy:
• Ensure global interoperability for the NGATS by developing
and supporting implementation of global air and space
transportation policies, standards, and procedures. U.S.
leadership toward global standards will improve safety,
security, mobility, environmental quality, and economic
viability.
Research areas:
• Identify air transportation system technologies, air traffic
management operational concepts, policies, and procedures
that require or benefit from global standardization or
interoperability.
• Assess current plans for transformation in other countries
and international organizations.
• Identify similarities and potential conflicts between air
transportation developments in the United States and in
other countries.
Detailed plans for each of the strategies are under development and
outlined in Chapter 7. The Joint Planning and Development Office
(JPDO) is working with member agencies and the private sector to
roadmap high-level strategies and key events. Additionally, the JPDO
is identifying the research and development needs, on-going activities,
the key players in each area and their roles, and significant gaps
towards the execution of the strategies. By understanding the overall
research landscape, the JPDO will be able to (1) identify priorities
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