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NATCA/Age ncy collaboration is essential. The termin al advanceme nts we have made over the last seven years need to continue. W ith support from the field , these advancements and improvements will hav e a lasting effect on the NAS. Please continue to report any issues with STARS to the facility OSF or you can report discrepancies to Kyle Ness (kness@natca.net) or Aaron Rose (tamr@natca.net). TAMR Deployment and Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) Update, Submitted by Jim VanZee (GRR) June was an active month for deployment – both for STARS and the CTD. TAMR successfully deployed at BFL, MKE, SRQ, and PIA since the last update. We continue to work well between the program office and air traffic at the facility level to respond to issues that puts everyone at ease with transitioning to the new automation. S ignificant recent TAMR activity Equipment deliveries Kalamazoo ELITE string (AZO) 6/18/18 Shreveport (SHV) 6/26/18 Site Surveys Boise (BOI) 6/12/18 Des Moines (DSM) 6/26/18 Initial Operating Capacity (IOC) Bakersfield (BFL) 6/18/18 Peoria (PIA) 6/29/18 Milwaukee (MKE) 6/17/18 Sarasota (SRQ) 6/23/18 TAMR Software/Hardware Report Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98) Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E) NATCA SMEs from Denver (D01), Northern California TRACON (NCT), Philadelphia (PHL) Southern Califor nia TRACON (SCT), Dallas TRACON (D10), Phoenix TRACON (P50), Seattle (S46) and Houston TRACON (I90) participated in R8 testing June 11 - 29. R8 integrates for Terminal Spacing and Sequencing (TSAS) tools integrated with existing STARS baseline functionality. The fundamental purpose for the test event was to ensure STARS functionality wasn't affected by the addition of new TSAS tools and display elements. While there was plenty of discussion and feedback on TSAS functions, no deficiencies in existing STARS sof tware were discovered by the team. This was a three - week event that was largely unscripted so a big thank you goes to the NATCA SMEs for their hard work and willingness to use their know - how to run the test. Systems Engineering The display of color on STA RS has been a predominant topic recently with focus on methodology to represent STARS colors equally across existing and new display equipment. The colors described in the STARS system specifications are in terms of Red Green Blue (RGB) input values that w ill produce the intended colors on a properly calibrated monitor. However, because of the variability of equipment design and manufacture, the same RGB input values on two monitors may produce colors on the display that are noticeably different to the eye especially when presented side - by - side, e.g. MDM3 vs. MDM4. Instead of using RGB inputs to define color standards, using