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the NAS. There were only minor issues during the keysite installation involving monitors and track balls. These issues have not arisen before, were quickly rectified, and will be discussed prior to the next installation. The monitor and track ball issue will also be monitored closely at all future installations. The other current IDS-R projects are new towers at EFD and SSF. NIDS hardware installation at EFD began on the night of March 2 and was completed on the morning of March 3. SSF was scheduled to start March 4. The aim is for NIDS to be operational as close to the new towers becoming operational as possible. NAS VOICE SWITCH (NVS) Jon Shedden (ZFW) is the Article 114 Representative for the NVS project. His report is below: The 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. 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). Work continues on the Air-to-Ground Media Gateway (AGMG). The AGMG, initially being developed as a part of the Future Flight Service Program, will essentially allow modern Internet Protocol (IP) voice switches to communicate with legacy radios. 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. Headset testing as a part of the Tone Mitigation national workgroup continues at Houston TRACON (I90) the second week in April. We have added several new headset bases to include in the test. The FAA will be conducting Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) to Internet Protocol (IP) conversion in the Bangor, Maine, area in the coming months. This technology will assist the FAA as local telcon providers move away from legacy TDM services to IP services.