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sorted out. The fix was implemented on 3/17 a nd tested on 3/18 with a pass. o S6R4 Key site: Software S6R4 will have to wait for key site pending it 's success. Du e to delays in fielding R27, which is key for R4, the key site will be delayed as well. The delay in R27 was due to pref set discrepancies that were deeme d safety critical to the site. These pref set discrepancies were due to adding an additional site to t he adaptatio n and not being accounted for. This is a lessons learned for R27 and R4 will eliminate t his from ever happening again. R27 investigations have pushed national deployment almost three months to the right. If R4 is suitable on 3/24, expect key si te activities in the first or second week of June. Due to this new key site time frame, certain k ey sites originally planned for will be removed from the list. PHL was a proposed site, but due to R27 slipping and N90 approaching IOC , resources will be spre ad to o th in to support PHL as key site. This is a common theme throughout all of TAMR. An action item was taken by the FAA 's OSF Lead to coordinate with all OSFs nationally to evaluate the workload on their person nel. New sites will be p rovided for NATCAs concurrence. • STARS/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 update submitted by Doug Peterson - D10 o Software Testing: TAMR Segment 1 was involved in several lines of STARS software testing this month. S06.R4, which merges the Legacy and Elite software lines with Full G4 into a common software baseline, was conducted all month long and will wrap up March 24. While this was underway , we conducted simultaneous testing of S06.R3C drop 4 and then drop 5. Both of these were must - have corrections for issues discovered during live ope rational testing at Potomac TRACON (PCT). S06.R3C drop 5 will be deployed operationally at PCT on March 22. o Deployments: Southern California TRACON has continued to operate satisfactorily since S06.R3a drop 5 software was deployed on February 19. This has a significant step forward at the most trouble - plagued STARS deployment. PCT conducted a successful third live operational test of STARS on March 13, but as a risk mitigation step, software testing beyond 18 hours was deferred until March 22 when drop 5 so ftware will be available. • STAR S/TAMR Phase 3 Segment 2 update submitted by Scott Robillard - K90 o Greetings from TAMR3SEG2, the replacement for all ARTS IIEs and select Legacy STARS G1 and Gs systems across the NAS. Since the last update, three (3) more ARTS IIEs have been upgraded to STARS. They were: o ACY 3/12/2016 : supported by Scott Trafton (A90), Chris Hilbert (PHL) and Chris Falcone MDT. o CHA 3/14/2016: supported by Jason Rose (D01), Anthony Loguidice (ABE) and Kyle Ness (M98) o GPT 3/18/2016 : supported by B obby Faulkner (D01), Doug Peterson (D10) and Tim Poer (ABI) These three achievements bring the total of STARS G4 ELITE systems in the NAS to eighteen (18). The first deployment was in ABE on 4/15/14. o Other note worthy news : the FAA , through TAMR3 SEG2, is p artnering with the Department of Defense (DOD) to reduce the number of STARS systems in NAS by bring DoD sites under SEG2 STARS G4 ELITE