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Approach (A11), reviewed their SOP and training materials, as well as evaluating the presentation of fusion on t he scope. o Also participated in several telcons in support of flight checks for Charlotte WAM. o Participated in the NATCA SBS weekly telcon. o Thursday and Friday traveled home. · Dan Hamilton (SFO): Airport Surface Surveillance Capabilities (ASSC) Representative o ASSC: Traveled to Washington, D . C . for an ASSC TIM/PMR. Overall the meetings went well. The team continues to make progress with ASDE3 integration. Initial integration started at SFO. The program office still has yet to receive th e official green light to proceed. Until this occurs, the team continues with integration and site development at future sites, which includes a successful SAT (Site acceptance test) at CLE that occurred this week as well. § Additionally there was a meeti ng with AFS - 400 (flight standards) to discuss transponder compliance. The purpose was to brainstorm ideas to get pilots to turn their transponder on prior to pushback and leave it on until they shut the eng ines down at their destination. This could also co ntribute as another added layer of defense with the growing problem of CSMM (Call sign Mismatch) that occurs in the NAS in addition to aircraft that tag up with incorrect information. § Airports with ground surveillance systems would be able to see these anomalies and take corrective action prior to aircraft becoming airborne. o Vehicle ADS - B: while attending this week's meetings it was discovered that STIR regions may potentially be a cause of some ASDE - X false alerts. Further research is being done in collaboration with NASE Engineering. o ASDE - X: continues with no major issues. · Andrew Stachowiak (I90) o Participated in the FFG, PVD ADS - B only Refresher, SCT False Targets in STARS Mitigation, Tech Center CLT WAM OT&E planning meeting, NATCA SBS/TAMR, and our NATCA SBS weekly teleconference. o Traveled to the FAA Tech Center to participate in the R27 Drop 8 OT&E. The testing inv olved reviewing all 7 Type 2 DR s that I90 wrote up. The scenarios were played back in their original states and the n again with resolution. All issues were fixed and R27 Drop 8 was deemed suitable to return to Key Site testing. The next day, participated in a similar demonstration in the TAMR lab regar ding DR s that SCT had written up. Observed the same software fix log ic applied to the TAMR build with Matt Mortar from NATCA SCT. All issues were fixed and SCT will also be loading the new adaptation changes very soon. o Continued participation in STARS ELITE OT&E. Tested all of the ADS - B Chi functionality to include DA and CSMM alerts. Initiated a modification to a scenario where we track suspended an ADS - B aircraft, changed the call sign while it was suspended, then initiated