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R-side Conflict Probe The draft use case with new changes was reviewed. Its intent is to bring conflict probe alerts to the radar position. The use case was sent to the team for review and continue working through the issues. ER 188296 Extra Strips The issue and its priority were discussed. The team raised the priority to a 1B. The ER's desired behavior is to eliminate extra strips from being printed due to TMI ID removal. The National User Teams discussion at last month's meeting has led to the creation of a Data Comm OJTI workgroup. This group will review current training orders and the three keysites' internal CPDLC OJTI plans and assess the needs moving forward as Data Comm becomes part of the operational platform. There is a need to ensure that the National Training Order remains up-to-date with deployment of new technology. ERAW received another briefing on TR2 Full (R-side) deployment. The three TR2 Full keysites have not been selected, but potential candidates are being identified based on geographical location, staffing, Data Comm IOC, and the ability of Tech Ops to support the exercise. There is still a concern that the TR2 full schedule could impact commitments made by the North East Corridor (NEC) group in support of expanded metering into PHL for ZNY, ZDC, and ZBW. The NEC issue is still being evaluated. ERAW also received information on upcoming MITRE activities and the need for additional HITL participants in the future. SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST SERVICES (SBS) OFFICE Eric Labardini (ZHU) is the Article 114 Representative to the SBS Office. Below is the update for SBS. The NATCA Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) team includes: Eric Labardini (ZHU), National SBS Article 114 Rep, Craig Bielek (A90), Dan Hamilton (SFO), National Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) Rep, Andrew Stachowiak (I90), Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep, and Chris Aymond (MSY), National Terminal Interval Management Rep. ADS-B: As of July 1, 2018, the number of Rule Compliant ADS-B Out aircraft in the U.S. reached 52,781. ADS-B In equipped aircraft reached 44,085. The growth in aircraft equipage has been significant, and some areas of the NAS are seeing high percentages of air traffic equipped. There is still significant risk around meeting the Jan. 1, 2020 deadline to equip. The actual NAS fleet numbers needed are somewhat vague. By 2020, the Agency estimates that 6,000-7,000 U.S.-registered air carriers will need to be ADS-B Out equipped. Airlines operators have all published their plans to meet the deadline and recent trend data indicates significant increase in equipage. Several airlines have significant portions (over 30 percent) of their fleet equipped including: UPS (97 percent), JetBlue, Delta, United, American, Alaska, and FedEx. American has also announced a plan to equip 320 Airbus aircraft with ADS-B In. The rate of air carrier ADS- B equipage increased sharply in June, perhaps indicating the start of a needed trend.

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