NextGen, the government’s program to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system, has run into serious problems that threaten to increase its cost and delay its completion, a government watchdog said during a Congressional hearing Wednesday. According to an Associated Press report, NextGen is being held back by software problems that have delayed full deployment of a critical flight tracking system, along with several other problems. Read the full report here.
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