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{{Short description|US airspace system modernization project}}
{{POV|date=November 2023}}
The '''Next Generation Air Transportation System''' ('''NextGen''') is the current [[United States|U.S.]] [[Federal Aviation Administration]] (FAA) program to modernize the [[National Airspace System]] (NAS). The FAA began work on NextGen improvements in 2007 and plans to finish implementation by 2030.<ref>[https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/media/BusinessCaseForNextGen-2016.pdf 2016 Update to The Business Case for the Next Generation Air Transportation System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804121920/http://www.faa.gov/nextgen/media/BusinessCaseForNextGen-2016.pdf |date=2016-08-04 }} based on the Future of the NAS Report</ref><ref name="auto7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/media/futureOfTheNAS.pdf|title=Future of the NAS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221003424/https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/media/futureOfTheNAS.pdf|archive-date=2016-12-21|url-status=dead}}</ref> Modernization goals include using new technologies and procedures to increase NAS safety, efficiency, capacity, access, flexibility, predictability, and resilience while reducing aviation's [[environmental impact of aviation|environmental impact]].