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has been notified and a meeting will need to happen to form a strategy. Currently, TSAS is not STARS ready, but projected to be around November 2016. Time will have to be negotiated with R5, whatever comes in the field requiring new software upgrades, and more than likely, night testing at the Tech Center. The TAMR team including NATCA is well aware of the challenges and risks that it posses on the TAMR program as a whole. • STARS/TAMR Training update submitted by Aaron Rose - NCT o Numerous discussions with N90 about upcoming training and scenario generation. N90 advises they need 800 scenarios prior to IOC. Talking with TAMR Program Implementation Lead Amber Natale and coordinating with N90 it is our best bet to have Raytheon and FAA academy resources support N90 in this endeavor. N90 is also requesting CADRE support to train all AT personnel between March 28 and May 12. Mr. Rose has volunteers within NATCA who are willing and able to provide the training. Mr. Rose just needs NA TCA and Program Office (PO) approval. They are looking to send one CADRE per week, Sunday thru Friday. Still in talks with N90 in regards to how much support they will need. o PCT, C90, and T75 all classes and scenarios have been completed or are in the p rocess of completion. o SCT's tentative fallback to CARTs has the training world scrambling to help the towers and TRACON. They believe with the help of the already prepared TRACON materials the towers will have no problem reverting to CARTs should that b e necessary. NATCA National CARTs Article 48 representative Mickey Vitti (N90) has been involved in that discussion. o Scenario generation . Scenario generation is still a problem in need of a solution. • STARS TAMR Operational Support Facility (OSF) Upda te submitted by Candy Barr - Multi Unit. o NATCA OSF representatives participated in a meeting with management and Raytheon to finalize an OSF specific training course for the TAMR software merge build (S6.R4) expected in the near future. This build will merg e all STARS/TAMR platforms into one software baseline. We expect a completed OSF Training Package ready for an April delivery. The OSF's certainly appreciate the NATCA TAMR Article 48 leadership for their efforts in making this a reality. o The team is foc used on the rework of RADAR adaptation to be delivered to SCT with TAMR R3 Drop 5 software. To facilitate this effort they are providing expert OSF NATCA technical representation to work with a joint TSLE/Raytheon team at Marlborough, MA during the week of 1/25/16. This effort will continue by this team to demonstrate software and adaptation adjustments for SCT at WJHTC during the following week. • Section 804 (Facility Realignment and Consolidation). The FAA Reauthorization of 2012 required the FAA to con solidate buildings and reduce infrastructure. o Section 804 of the law was the mechanism that required that. NATCA has jointly developed a process with the Agency and PASS that works within the parameters of the Law and we have many facilities currently u nder analysis. This is an entirely pre - decisional process and nothing will be implemented until the entire process is followed: