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need to go through various stages of site survey, database collection, site acceptance testing, etc ., before May of 2017 to be on schedule. To further complicate matters the pr ogram office has recently renamed the waterfall schedule as the implementation schedule. • There are some good things happening around the program. The program office continues its change over into a trouble reporting system f ashioned from ERAM experience. o While this is a good system/process, the facilities need to be educated and trained as to how to report and track problems. At this time NATCA is coordinating a proposed schedule to bring facility Points Of Contact to the technical center in Atla ntic City for a training class. o While not all NIDS POCs are NATCA, we have asked that up to two representatives from each facility be invited to the training class and one of them must be NATCA. • The latest software build, designed to aid the NIDS/ACE - IDS interface, is to be installed and tested this week at PIT. At this time a collaborative process is ongoing , as a maintenance softwar e release is bundled and built. o The tar get date for deployment is May. NAS VOICE SWITCH (NVS): Jon Shedden (ZFW) represents the membership as the Ar ticle 48 Representative to NVS. Mr. Shedden's report is below. • NAS Voice Systems (NVS) demo labs are currently running on Build 11. Build 12 is currently in development. This is the beginning of the final developm ent stretch leading into Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) scheduled to begin in November 2016. Items identified in the EUIE (November 2015) have been written into requirements and submitted to the Syst ems Engineering Working Group. o The items are: • Mapping o f A/G Frequencies • Position Chime Control • Voice Monitor Suspension • Spare Position Dialing • Button Labeling • Activity Indications • A/G Cross Coupling • Release of Incoming OVR Calls • Improving the readability of the display • Sidetone Volume Control • Contact list sea rching o Mr. Shedden was in Anchorage, AK January 10th - 14th discussing voice switch requirements for Alaska FSS. o Mr. Shedden was in Melbourne, FL February 1th - 5th for the NVS Technical Manual Conference. o The NVS Key Site facility representatives have been released and will visit the Harris Demo Lab in Melbourne, FL for an on - site familiarization February 8th - 11th. During the visit the representatives will be hands on with the workstation and position equipment. They will also receive a full update on the cu rrent state of NVS. • Next Generation Air - Ground Communication (NEXCOM) continues deployment of new CM300/350 V2 radios to terminal facilities across the country.