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network improvements and updates to ERAM software provide better uplink CPDLC message status information to controllers when uplinks are not successfully transmitted to the aircraft. Additionally, the network now has enhanced logic to track when aircraft switch connections between Communication Service Providers (CSPs) ARINC and SITA. This allows the network to route CPDLC messages to aircraft more efficiently and increase the speed of delivery. Additional network enhancements that will allow several military fleet types to start participating in En route CPDLC are scheduled and on track for delivery next summer. Planned avionics enhancements are still on track for deployment later this year and into the winter of 2020. The Southwest 737 fleet received a software update for their Communication Management Units (CMUs) in mid-November that significantly improved the ground station handoff logic. This allows the aircraft to establish and maintain the best digital connections to ground stations available as the aircraft transitions along its flight. A similar avionics update for non-Southwest 737s is still being-flight tested by Collins Avionics and has an expected availability date of March 1, 2020. Since the Boeing 737 is the largest CPDLC capable fleet, these CMU avionics updates will significantly increase the overall performance of message delivery. Other avionics updates for the Boeing 787, Boeing 777, and Airbus 321 are on plan for delivery later this December into January next year. These avionics updates will address infrequent issues that have been documented where the avionics receives the CPDLC uplink but does not display it to the flight crew, and issues where the avionics incorrectly connects to non-preferred media types like Satellite Communications, Very High Data Link Mode 0, and High Frequency. NATCA and the DataComm Program Office are working together to provide avionics manufacturers data from keysite functional activities that will allow them to develop even more avionics CPDLC functionality enhancements in future software releases. The DataComm implementation plan for the rest of the waterfall is still on track. ZDC workforce training has begun and site testing is on schedule to begin in February next year. ZNY and ZBW are currently preparing to initiate workforce training in December of this year. ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E-IDS) Amanda Richardson (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Enterprise-Information Display System (E-IDS) work. Her report is below: Background (as always, this information is provided for anyone unfamiliar with E-IDS): The E- IDS project aims to replace all existing IDSs in the NAS, providing the Agency with one enterprise solution across facility types. While some customization is necessary and should be available, one system will reduce overall costs for upkeep and training and resolve the upcoming end-of-life issues we have with our current IDSs in the field (IDS-4, ERIDS, etc.). Current domains without an IDS will also be addressed (Oceanic, Alaska FSS, etc.). The project is working through the vendor bid process, with a contract scheduled to be awarded in 2020. Final Investment Decision (FID) is expected late spring/early summer 2020. Three phases of implementation are planned, beginning in 2023, and ending in 2030. The Safety Panel for E-IDS was conducted in early November. The team worked through the previous Preliminary Hazards List to determine which hazards may be introduced by E-IDS and which already exist in today's NAS. We then developed the Hazard Analysis Worksheet to determine the level of risk of each hazard carried forward. Safety requirements, safety performance targets, and monitoring plans were developed for all hazards. No high hazards

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• BOS: Completed.
• DFW: Completed.