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System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG) Stakeholders are reviewing three proposed software modifications to STARS. The first is for fast climbing tracks and changing beacon codes, which cause false conflict alerts; the second is for Backup Failure Notifications; and the third is for Quick Look Region Consolidation issues. Additionally, Kendrick attended multiple telcons: STARS Enhancements 2, TSAS, SBS, Pre-CCB, TAMR Look-Ahead, and the weekly OSF Technical telcon. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Matt Baugh (IAH) is the TFDM Article 114 Representative, his report is below: Installation of TFDM equipment was completed in PHX, the week of Aug. 20. The installment went according to plan, and the equipment was removed but saved in the equipment room for future testing. The transition plans for PHX, CLE, and CLT are still being closely looked at and developed due to their already having the prototype strip system and the added space constraints. The fixes are still being worked – the most effective being putting AEFS on the new TFDM monitors. The 60 percent reviews of the ATC and OS/CIC/TMC courses were finalized and comments have been sent to Leidos for integration into the training. We have received the first versions of the Quick Reference Guides that will follow a similar process of review and revision until they meet our needs. These versions were more focused on the content and not so much on actually showing someone a short-cut or steps, but we will continue to work the issue. A high-level training program developed by Ray Adams (EWR) and some members of the other Training team was presented to the program leads in late August. With the number of facilities we will be deploying to and the length of the course, resources will be a major issue in the success of the training. After some clean up, we will brief both AJT and Tech Labor leads in order to gain their buy-in of the plan, so when the time comes, we will have the personnel already in place for a successful waterfall. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) Suitability testing took place the week of Aug. 6-10 for the most recent build, 5.5. Representatives from CLT, CLE, EWR, and IAH, as well as AJV-7 Requirements, were able to make a suitability call, which will allow the system to be deployed to CLT. There will be an additional round of regression and risk mitigation testing of this build the week of Sept. 10, due to its added integration with the ATD-2 system in CLT. The following week of testing will be used by the site to make the decision to either leave the build running, or to re-work any issues that may be found. • CLT – With the testing of the current build scheduled, discussions are now being had of what to include in the next build. Once those requirements are finalized, the system will go through its process and then be brought to CLT and other facilities.

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