摘要: |
The Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) developed this Business Case for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) to inform business strategies and investment planning. The NextGen Business Case is intended to provide a characterization of the aviation environment and the motivation to move to NextGen, present an overview of the projected cost of NextGen implementation, and offer an indication of the benefits that are likely to accrue from the successful implementation of the operational concepts that comprise NextGen. The Business Case represents an integration of data from a number of sources, including the Concept of Operations (ConOps) for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, analyses conducted by the JPDO System and Engineering Analysis Division, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and partner agency budget information, and aviation demand forecasts. Booz Allen Hamilton, under contract to the FAA, gathered the data and analyses referenced in the plan and integrated the information to provide a succinct overview of the NextGen system and its associated costs and benefits. This Business Case presents a case for NextGen in a manner more akin to a commercial business case than that of a traditional government cost/benefit analysis. The plan's goal is to analyze the market situation, identify compelling business opportunities, communicate the NextGen implementation goal and how it can be attained, lay out the plan for reaching the stated goals, and present expected benefits and investments required to achieve those goals. This document presents cost and benefits estimates that are based on the best data currently available. Because the path to NextGen will occur over nearly 20 years, cost data is necessarily much more precise for the near term and less so for the later time periods. Also, it is expected that in the near future, more accurate cost estimates for partner agencies other than the FAA will be available. |