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NATC A members on the SBS Article 48 Team. · Eric Labardini (ZHU), National SBS Article 48 Rep o On leave thru Wednesday. o Participated in flight test planning telcons to support the installation of Wide Are a Multilateration (WAM) at CLT. A number of test flights and a final flight inspection will be needed over the next few months. o Participated in the Reduced Oceanic Separation (ROS) ConOps telcon. o Participated in the MEARTS IOA Assessment outbrief for Fusion. The IOA team found the system operationally acceptable at ZAN. o Led our weekly NATCA SBS telcon. Discussed next week's agenda for the SBS Article 48 work group meeting and travel issues. o Participated in an SBS Article 48 agenda prep telcon with management counterparts. o Parti cipated in the weekly SBS Hot Topics telcon; reviewed recent program activities. o Participated in the joint NATCA SBS/TAMR telcon with NATCA reps Mitch Herrick, C andy Barr, and Scott Robillard. Discussed alternative approaches to reaching Fusion at N90 and Elite software concerns. · Craig Bielek (A90) o Sunday traveled to Springfield, Missouri. o Monday and Tuesday participated in the Springfield (SGF) ADS - B flight inspection. o Wednesday, traveled to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. o Thursday pa rticipated in the Harrisbu rg (MDT) ADS - B/Fusion kickoff. Participated in the weekly NATCA SBS meeting. · Dan Hamilton (SFO), National Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) Representative o ASSC: At a NAC meeting this week, Teri Bristol bri efed that the agency recognizes the need for SMR with ASSC. Additionally she said stated that the ASSC program is currently being re - planned. In the meantime, installation of SMR integration hardware started at SFO this week. The goal is to start the integ ration process after hardware installation is complete. o Vehicle ADS - B: 637 vehicles equipped at 12 airports. The team is researching "STIR regions" that are being added to the vehicle transmit maps by Harris to determine if there are any effects on wha t controllers will see. An agenda topic at the SBS Article 48 meeting next week in Austin. o ASDE - X Refresh: Continues without major issues. · Andrew Stachowiak (I90) o Participated in the Fusion Focus Group and our NATCA SBS weekly teleconferenc e. o Traveled to the FAA Tech Center to participate in the TAMR/STARS Merge Risk Mitigation OT&E. The testing went well and there were no Type 2s or Type 1 DRs written. Observed a scenario that showed all of the ADS - B CHI functionality to include DA and CSMM alerts. o Discussed the STARS Elite software build S7R3D3 FAA Software Lead. The S7R3D3 build fixed a known ADS - B track swap issue for 1090ES transponders but not for the UATs. So, the Elite facilities