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National Office Update: Nov. 1, 2020

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carriers, and a mix of military and other aircraft. In addition, 71,770 aircraft are ADS-B In equipped. By 2020, the Agency estimates that 6,000-7,000 U.S.-registered air carriers will need to be ADS-B Out equipped. MITRE studies have indicated that the actual number of GA aircraft needed to equip may actually be closer to the 80,000 range. At the current rate of equipage, 85,000 aircraft will be equipped by the Jan. 1, 2020 deadline. The military has already indicated they will be unable to meet the 2020 deadline. Several of their older airframes simply cannot accommodate the new avionics. The military does expect to equip newer fighters and all of their larger aircraft. To deal with the exception aircraft, the Agency is working on agreements with DOD to ensure specific radar sources remain in place. ADS-B IOCs have been completed at all En route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS-B to the top of their sort cells. 4 of 4 MEARTS facilities are operating on Fusion. Terminal ADS-B/Fusion Rollout Activity: • 155 of 155 terminal sites have reached their ADS-B IOC, and all are operating on Fusion. The terminal ADS-B/Fusion transition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS-B Flight Inspection, ADS-B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The last ADS-B Flight Inspection was completed on Aug. 15 in Huntington, W.Va. The most recent and upcoming terminal events are: • Clarksburg, W.Va. (CKB) Fusion Operational Aug. 28 • Wilmington, N.C. (ILM) Fusion Operational Aug. 28 • Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (RDU) ADSB/Fusion Cadre Class Sept. 4-5 • Huntington, W.Va. (HTS) Fusion Operational Sept. 10 • Canton-Akron, Ohio (CAK) ADS-B IOC Sept. 10 • Mansfield, Ohio (MAF) ADS-B IOC Sept. 10 • Canton-Akron, (CAK), Mansfield, (MAF), after OH 804 cutover, Fusion Operational Sept. 22 • Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (RDU) Fusion Operational Oct. 6 Craig Bielek and Andrew Stachowiak: During the week of Sept. 15, we traveled to Las Vegas to staff the SBS Expo Booth at Communicating For Safety (CFS 2019). This annual safety conference is a premier event in aviation that offers a golden opportunity for us to talk to pilots and controllers about our SBS ADS-B/Fusion activities. The following week, we traveled to the Washington D.C. area to participate in our SBS Article 114 workgroup meeting. We reviewed all of our lessons learned from our numerous challenges, navigating through our 155 terminal rollout facilities. Raleigh-Durham, N.C. (RDU) is a great example of the tenacity in which we worked through difficult Fusion related hurdles. RDU became Fusion Operational again on Oct. 6, after line-of-site issues (tree cutting) were mitigated and an additional surveillance source was added: Ft. Bragg (FBG) ASR-11.

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