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presented to Leidos. These findings will get the items fixed prior to official testing and will hopefully warrant a better process and product down the road. Managers in the FAA Program Office and AJT (Air Traffic) held a meeting the week of Thanksgiving to discuss the TFDM training, logistics, and implementation plans, as well as the number of SMEs needed, and the dates by which we will need them. The meeting went well, with the FAA leads supporting our requirements and giving us the go-ahead to begin requesting SMEs. There will be an initial request sent out in December for approximately 16 National Training Cadre SMEs, all part-time. More details will accompany the request. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) Coordination is ongoing with LAS regarding their adaptation as well as with CLE and PHX regarding their training and upgrading to a newer build. • CLT – The previous issues that caused some lag in performance have been found. They are due to the number and frequency with which NASA is sending updated times to AEFS, such as Estimated Time of Departure (ETD), and TFMS EDCT updates. • PHX – There is nothing new to report. • CLE – There is nothing new to report. • LAS – A recent visit to LAS was moved to later in January 2019 to accommodate schedules. For this visit, LAS will work with the national team to help build their possible adaptation. From there, they will decide on whether or not to accept and use AEFS. SWIM Visualization Tool (SVT) There is nothing new to report. WAKE TURBULENCE John Murdock (PHL) is the Article 114 Representative to the Wake Turbulence Office. His report is below: During the end of October, CWT training was completed at Las Vegas Tower and TRACON, North Las Vegas Tower, and Nellis Air Force RAPCON. All four facilities went IOC on Nov. 14 with no reported issues. At the end of November, CWT and ATPA training will begin at HCF and all other facilities in the Hawaiian Islands. IOC for the Hawaiian Islands is scheduled for Dec. 11. The first facilities to implement CWT happened almost six months ago. We have not received any reports of errors or concerns with the order. We are closely monitoring all wake encounter reports at facilities using CWT for any increase in wake encounters associated with CWT. Currently there is no data suggesting or indicating any increase in wake turbulence encounters associated with CWT. We met with ANG for a briefing on Dynamic Wake Turbulence Separation. This was an initial briefing that included a general overview of the program. Currently, Dynamic Wake Separation is in a conceptual phase and needs to be further developed before the program can be considered for the NAS.

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