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The Enroute CHI Team reviewed and completed work on the following items: • During the December meeting, the CHI team completed and closed on their obligations related to the DataComm Full Service Speeds Use Case CHI. However, until the Speeds team completes their review of the CHI design, final approval cannot be completed. • FS Route Menu Format – The team observed prototyping of October route menu format redesign solution to verify the October agreed to ATCAD solutions in working prototype prior to engineering. • QS T – Detailed prototyping of an October QS T solution so the team can see October agreed to ATCAD solutions in working prototype. This includes capability to display destination characters between cid and ground speed to emulate behavior when QS T indicator and destination character are present. ERAW began work on plans to restart programs derailed from the government shutdown. This work will continue and be shared as project priorities are determined and facility information is collected. Potential new waterfall schedules will be created after close communication with the sites is completed. More meetings are scheduled to address all these issues along with needed SME resources and new budget concerns. NAS VOICE SWITCH (NVS) Jon Shedden (ZFW) is the Article 114 Representative to the NVS project. His report is below: The NAS Voice System (NVS) contract with Harris has ended. We are working on solutions to address the FAA's NextGen voice switch needs. Next Generation Air-Ground Communication (NEXCOM) continues deployment of new CM300/350 V2 radios to terminal facilities across the country. Some terminal facilities in the NAS using very old radios hear a pop back or "squelch tail" when they release their transmitters. The new radios being deployed under NEXCOM Segment 2 do not have this "feature" as the squelch tail is generally regarded as undesirable in radio communications. This issue has cropped up twice during deployment and the Program Office should brief future affected facilities prior to install. The NEXCOM Program Office has kicked off the Emergency Transceiver Replacement. This program is looking to replace aging tunable transceivers at DEN, HNL, PCT, PHX, SCT, and SLC. They are also looking to replace approximately 2,000 of the grab-and-go style emergency transceivers (e.g. PET-2000). NAS Voice Recorder Program (NVRP) is the replacement for existing NAS voice recorders (DALR, DALR2, DVRS, DVR2). Subsequent meetings before the JRC have been delayed due to the shutdown.