Title: Research issues that affect current and future ATC systems.
Course: Air Traffic Controller (20999) > Section: Exploring Air Traffic Control (ATC) Systems of the Past, Present, and Future

Research should include, but not be limited to,

- aircraft and air traffic equipment
- virtual ATC
- non-radar environments (e.g., satellite-based navigation)
- airport infrastructure
- underuse of Global Positioning System (GPS) approaches
- staffing.

Research should also include planned/future improvements, such as

- the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)
- Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations in airspace
- better technology available for monitoring aircraft
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)
- cybersecurity considerations.

Process/Skill Questions:

- Why is ATC a relatively technologically deficient field?
- What cybersecurity considerations exist in ATC?