About NextGen Air Transportation

NextGen Air Transportation (NGAT) Center in Planning at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) is a non-profit partnership with academia, industry, and the government focused on developing and evaluating improvements to existing and anticipated air traffic control, airspace management, airport and airspace system capacity, surface traffic management, and flight safety.

Purpose

The Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University (NCSU), in cooperation with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Division of Aviation, is planning to establish the new NextGen Air Transportation (NGAT) Center within ITRE. The NGAT Center in Planning and its partners will provide an application oriented, technology transfer-focused organization for conducting air transportation technology investigations and field trials at the pre-competitive level.

Mission

The Center’s mission is to discover, evaluate, implement, and disseminate advanced air transportation technologies at the regional, national, and international level to improve the capacity, safety, and environment surrounding air transportation.