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Solvency Contention-A2: Won’t WorkDemonstration flights prove that next gen tech works Stewart, 2010 (Don R. Stewart. “NextGeneration air traffic system holds new promise for airways” http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=45&a rticleid=20100627_45_e1_thenex600201 ) But in recent months, two airlines and the Federal Aviation Administration have performed demonstration flights and tests of the new technologies that prove their groundbreaking capabilities, airline and government executives said. In Philadelphia, federal air traffic controllers using satellite-based Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) technology are more precisely tracking aircraft, separating them in the sky and on the runways, producing greater efficiencies and increased margins of safety. "This new technology is a tremendous leap forward in transforming the current air traffic control system," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt in April at the conclusion of ADS-B tests. "The operational benefits in Philadelphia extend as far as Washington, D.C., and New York, which has some of the most congested airspace in the world." In Miami, Fla., American Airlines and Air France flights originating in Paris in April used NextGen technologies to shorten routes and flight times, reduce fuel consumption and carbon emissions, while lowering aircraft noise levels on final approach and landing. American Flight 63 on a Boeing 767-300 aircraft from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Miami International Airport demonstrated several fuel conservation measures, including single-engine taxi on departure and arrival, continuous climb and descent profiles, optimized routing over water and a "tailored" arrival, American executives said. "It is critical that the aviation industry work with our air traffic control partners to demonstrate the benefits of NextGen technology today," said Bob Reding, American's executive vice president of operations. "Utilizing NextGen technology is also a crucial part of American's overall environmental and fuel savings efforts, which have already yielded annual fuel savings of more than 110 million gallons and a reduction of 2.2 billion pounds of carbon emissions." American Airlines has been a pioneer in the use of NextGen or global positioning satellite navigation systems. In 1990, American published the first area navigation flight procedures for approaches and landings at mountain-ringed Eagle-Vail (Colo.) Airport. "Before NextGen had a name, American Airlines was using similar techniques in Colorado," said Brian Will, a 22-year American pilot who heads the airline's NextGen program. "We were taking delivery of (Boeing) 757 aircraft, which have a great combination of high thrust and dual flight management computers. We looked at some airports that had operational challenges — mostly at high altitude mountain airports. "It started a movement of using on-board avionics to fly these airplanes. American Airlines and other big airlines have been prepared to move forward with NextGen for quite a while." Traditional air navigation systems are based on World War II-era ground-based radar. Radar signals cannot penetrate mountains, bad weather or reach across oceans, so coverage in some instances is limited, industry officials say. ADS-B and other NextGen technologies use global positioning satellite signals along with aircraft cockpit avionics to transmit the aircraft's location to ground receivers. The ground receivers then transmit the information to controller screens and cockpit displays on aircraft equipped with ADS-B avionics. ADS-B allows pilots to see for the first time other aircraft in the sky around them, increasing the margin for safety. It allows air traffic controllers to more precisely identify aircraft locations and their proximity to other aircraft. Aircraft separation distances can be reduced with the use of more accurate NextGen technologies, industry officials say. The U.S. air-traffic system handles 35,000 to 37,000 commercial aircraft flights a day. At any one moment, 5,000 aircraft are in the sky over the United States, said FAA spokesman Paul Takemoto. "With the development of the new technology, we are given a significant amount of new information," Will said. "When all of this technology is working well, it is very very beneficial. "Number one, we will be able to fly more precise routings into airports — keeping aircraft from inhabited areas at night or on weekends, with fewer carbon emissions, and the number of delays will be reduced. We can fit a bunch more aircraft into the airspace using NextGen technologies. "NextGen promises significant increases in our abilities to reduce delays, shorten flight times and use less fuel. Hopefully, we will be able to pass on those benefits in terms of lower fares." The FAA is installing the ground infrastructure for ADS-B. The agency has proposed that airlines and private aircraft install ADS-B avionics by 2020. ADS-B is expected to be available nationwide by 2013, FAA officials said. Solvency Contention-A2: No Air IntegrationPlanes already equipping next gen Halsey 2011. Ashley Halsey III Washington Post Staff Writer “FAA to equip some JetBlue planes with NextGen GPS technology” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/03/AR2011020306000.html The federal government will pay $4.2 million to install new navigation systems on 35 JetBlue airplanes, hoping their enhanced performance will entice the airline industry to invest up to $20 billion in the new technology over the next decade. The systems are the heart of the Federal Aviation Administration's plan to overhaul the way in which commercial air traffic is routed, moving away from ground-based radar to the use of Global Positioning System satellites. Years in the planning, the system known as NextGen is expected to deliver an unprecedented level of precision that the FAA says will relieve air traffic congestion, allow more direct routing on flights, reduce flight delays and promote fuel efficiency. "This is just good business, really, independent of the FAA investment," JetBlue Airways chief executive Dave Barger said Thursday. "I'll be delighted to make the rest of the investment." The current system relies on radar to pinpoint planes so that air traffic controllers can guide takeoffs, landings and flight patterns that keep planes at a safe distance. But radar, a 20th-century technology that uses radio waves to detect objects, is less exact than GPS signals transmitted by satellites to ground stations. Many planes are equipped with GPS technology, but NextGen is a multifaceted system that will link that data into an information system that will manage air travel from the time a plane pushes back from one gate until it arrives at the next. NextGen's network of ground stations is to provide blanket coverage of the United States by 2013. By 2020, all commercial planes will be required to use the system, but selling the recession-strapped industry on its benefits is the FAA's challenge. Although air traffic has declined during the recession, the skies around major hubs still are congested and air travel is projected to increase significantly as the economy recovers. The administration estimates NextGen will reduce flight delays by 20 percent, save airlines millions in fuel costs and cut carbon dioxide emissions dramatically. If the investment in JetBlue, announced Thursday, proves all that, the FAA will have a persuasive argument with other airlines. For the airline industry, the investment could run between $32,000 and $175,000 per plane for the basic system that will be installed in 35 JetBlue planes. The FAA estimates an additional $162,000 to $670,000 per plane will be necessary to buy the full package of equipment. The significant difference in cost depends on whether an older plane is being retrofitted or a new plane receives factory installation. "It's better to come on board sooner and take advantage of these innovations," said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt, who said similar incentives might be offered to other airlines. "We do have money in our NextGen budget to take these things into the field." The federal investment in NextGen is expected to be between $15 billion and $22 billion Commercial airline adoption proves ACSS 2012 ACSS is a Leader an the Development of NextGen ADS-B Avionics http://www.acss.com/nextgen/ As the cornerstone technology of the FAA’s NextGen airspace initiative, ADS-B increases capacity and throughput for air transportation, providing more precise position information. ACSS is an industry leader in ADS-B avionics technology, becoming the first to develop and certify ADS-B avionics for commercial aircraft applications. ACSS Mode S transponders are built with DO-260B readiness, the FAA’s latest specification, which allows equipped aircraft to transmit more information about an aircraft’s position via ADS-B Out. Its SafeRoute suite of ADS-B In applications. include Surface Area Movement Management (SAMM), In-Trail Procedures (ITP), CDTI Assisted Visual Separation (CAVS) and Merging & Spacing. ACSS’s newest SafeRoute customer is JetBlue. They announced the plan to put ACSS SafeRoute ADS-B avionics and transponders on 35 Airbus A320s operated by JetBlue. ACSS President Kris Ganase attended, along with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt and JetBlue CEO Dave Barger. Dave Barger said the new avionics will reduce flight times and fuel burn for JetBlue, and Randy Babbitt said that companies’ equipping today are going to reap the benefits of the transformation of our airspace system sooner rather than later in the areas of greater efficiency, fuel savings, and more on-time arrivals. Directory: file -> view view -> Western Europe after wwii view -> Author study: paul fleischman view -> Qpa1 7ela study Guide view -> Arctic Oil/Gas Neg view -> November 1970 Approximately 150,000-500,000 deaths Bhola Cyclone Bangladesh view -> Grade Level: 6 Unit of Study: Caribbean glce view -> Citation: Duffield, Katy view -> Table of Contents Lesson # view -> Chinese Wind Energy Disad Download 0.75 Mb. 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