The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NextGen program, launched in 2003 to revolutionize America’s air traffic control system, has fallen dramatically short of its promised transformation, according to a new report from the Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) released on Wednesday.

The OIG report details that after more than two decades and an estimated $36 billion investment, the program has delivered only about 16 percent of its expected benefits.

“Overall, FAA has delivered a delayed, over budget, and less transformational NextGen than originally planned. Many challenges continue to persist even as FAA transitions to its new modernization plans in 2025,” the report stated.

The FAA’s NextGen offices are set to close in 2025, as mandated by the FAA Re

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