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hasn ' t been formed yet. § The TSAS work group limited it s potential data bl ock changes to the slot marker. Raytheon needed to get started o n advancements and chan ges have to be made to keep TSAS on track. CHI demos are requested at the tech center, but Raytheon is not far e nough along yet to pull it off. TSA S is not quite ready for STARS. § When it is ready, lab space and resources at the tech center will be a cha llenge. Eric Owens opens the door for TAMR leads to participate in a demo, so we can all get on the same page with what the TSAS tool will become or how (or not) it will be used in Air Traffic in the future. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM): Matt Bau gh (IA H) is the Article 48 for TFDM. His report for this week is below: · Monday - Traveled to D . C . , no other meetings · Tuesday - Participated in a TFDM Tactical meeting, AEFS update, and TFDM Monthly Program Review o High fidelity modeling f or TFDM locations is complete. These models are used to show where gains in efficiency on the ATC side, as well as the ramp/user side, will be most beneficial. o AEFS build 5.3.0.2 was installed in CLE and began regression testing Monday night but had to fall back to 5.3.0.1 due to a few issues. The tech center was later able to find and fix the issue, however, further on site testing will delayed until early December. o The overall TFDM FY17 budget was cut, pushing IOC at the first facility from 20 19 to 2020. o There will be a 45 day test of new filtering options for SVT in two facilities. Once approved, those changes will be added to the baseline software and made available for the other facilities. · Wednesday - Worked in the AEFS lab to go over the DR list, no other meetings · Thursday - Sat in a TFDM VisSpec meeting, and a DSP meeting o VisSpec team identified additional user interfaces from ARMT and TFMS that are beneficial to tower TMC's and will add those functions into the TF DM GUI. o With N90 moving to STARS next year, they are looking at different ways to have departure flight information moved to the departure controller. · Friday - Traveled home, no other meetings UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS): Steve Weidner ( ZMP) represents NATCA on the UAS work as the Article 48 Representative. Jeff Richards (ZAU) also works with Mr. Weidner on this project due to the many m eetings and extensive workload. Below is the UAS report for this week: · Participated in a UA S panel for the ATCA Convention a t the Gaylord National Resort. The panel was entitled UAS in the NAS: Insights in Navigating the Regulatory and System Operations in the Air Traffic Control Airspace. The panel was hos ted by Steve Pennington (DoD). Mr. W eidner was joined on the