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o The Ops Team will continue to provide support for Southern California facilities and LAS until MOUs are signed and the system is in full use. o In addition to IDAC Training, we had a NATCA SME at MITRE to assist ZHU with TBFM and GIMs HITLs. · This week the NATCA TBFM SMEs will provide IDAC training for t he towers associated with ZID. · Mr. Owens will be in ACY this we ek to review the new TBFM build , which be delivered to the field in November 2015. UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS): Steve Weidner (ZMP) leads the NATCA efforts on UAS and is a ssi sted by Jeff Richards (ZAU). This week's report is below. · Received a briefing from Capt. Nate Meier (Air Force Research Lab - AFRL) on the AFRL's testing efforts for Ground Based Sense and Avoid (GBSAA) for UAS at Wilmington and Springfield, OH. · Met with NATCA Training Rep Tom Adcock, to discuss potential training for controllers regarding Code 7400 for UAS lost link situations. · Participated in the Pathfinder #2 (Extended Visual Line of Site - EVLOS) SMS panel on Tu esday, Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. Weidner was joined by on the panel by NATCA RDU SME Thomas Eggar. The initial Pathfinder #2 testing will take place in RDU airspace. · Joined the weekly NATCA Airspace team telcon to brief the team on the NASA Unmanned Traffic Mana gement (UTM) research project. This is a low altitude (primarily Class G airspace) project. · Participated in a tel con with Debra Randall (NASA). Ms. Randall briefed Mr. Weidner on the recent UAS HITL conducted at NA SA Ames. o Two NATCA controllers - Erik Mandt (ZOA) and Kristen Hildenbrand (ZOA) - participated in that HITL. · Participated in a telcon with Scott Dann (General Atomics - GA) to discuss GA participation in CFS. · Met with Jodi McCarthy (FAA Director, Airspace Services) to discuss the Pathfinder #3 (Beyond Visual Line of Site - BVLOS) SMS panel. · Participated in a telcon with Travis Mason (Google, Government Affairs). · Participated in the Virginia Unmanned Systems Commission meeti ng. Mr. Weidner has been appointed as a member of this commission representing NATCA. · Participated in a meeting with David Vos (Google Wing) and Travis Mason (Google, Government Affairs) as they briefed NATCA President and Executive Vice - President, Paul Rinaldi and Trish Gilbert on Google's proposed package delivery service - Project Wing. · Met with NATCA NextGen Rep Mel Davis, to discuss UAS activities within NextGen. WAKE TURBULENCE: Scott Pressley (BHM) is the Article 48 Representative to the Wake Turbulence Office . Mr. Pressley's report to the membership is next. · The week of September 18th was spent meeting with MITRE in Virginia about RECAT Phase II issues and starting the discussion on some future wake turbulence solutions. · Time was also spent preparing for the upcoming ICAO Wake Turbulence Study Group meeting in Montreal.