agreement allows the deployment of this equipment at all remaining sites with the ASR-8,
which is needed to upgrade their automation from an analog ARTS display to the digital feed
necessary for STARS.
Key TAMR and CTD milestones for September:
Initial Operating Capacity (IOC)
• Waterloo, Iowa (ALO) 9/13/18
• Aspen, Colo. (ASE) 9/18/18
• Nashville, Tenn. (BNA) 9/22/18
Equipment Delivery
• Clarksburg, Va. (CKB) 9/18/18
• Providence, R.I. (PVD) 9/18/18
TAMR Software/Hardware Report Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98)
Operational Testing and Evaluation (OT&E)
NATCA SMEs from SCT, D01, and BTV participated in an Early User Assessment of the R9
software build at the Raytheon facility in Marlborough, Mass. Over three days, NATCA SMEs
tested several software modifications to provide feedback to Raytheon developers before these
changes are delivered in a mature build to the FAA.
Items evaluated include:
• Reducing False Radar Failure Indications
• Wide Area Multilateration
• Satellite Arrival Lists
• Flight Plan Handling
• Auto Handoff
• Datablock Brightness
• Restriction Areas
• Quicklook Functions
In early October NATCA SMEs will participate in another Early User Assessment of a new
function to convert STARS CDR data into AT Coach scenarios.
System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG)
Controllers have frequently asked for an aircraft type "undo" function when they mistakenly
enter an incorrect aircraft type into the STARS datablock. Several sites no longer mandate flight
strip usage and if the controller puts in the incorrect type and doesn't have a strip to reference,
they have to go to the FDIO or query the pilot about aircraft type. Stakeholders are reviewing a
STARS function that will allow controllers to restore the aircraft type field in the datablock if an
incorrect type is entered.
Approach Runway Verification (ARV) is new tool to warn controllers when an arrival aircraft is
approaching an airport surface area that isn't a runway. As well, ARV will provide an alert when
