What is the National Airspace System Architecture 6?
The National Airspace System (NAS) Architecture 6 (NAS 6) is an update to NAS Architecture 5. NAS 6 represents a continuation of FAA’s multiyear framework to measure progress in modernizing the NAS. NAS 6 incorporates many of the different agency plans and programs as well as reflects changes in the FAA’s budget and FAA Joint Resources Council decisions. Updates in NAS 6 also reflect changes in the Joint FAA/Industry concept of operations, and FAA Administrator goals and strategies that appear in the FAA Flight Plan. Specifically, the NAS Architecture overall represents the proposed execution of several key modernization plans: the FAA’s Flight Plan; the NAS Operational Evolution Plan, which has been expanded into the NAS Operational Evolution Partnership; the NAS Capital Investment Plan; and the National Aviation Research Plan. NAS 6 is a comprehensive, multiyear plan for improving the NAS and ultimately reflecting the plans for the Next Generation Air Transportation System, or the Ne
