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Provided the synopsis and diagnosis are correct, our install will help overcome the current failures. - In the meantime, Mr. McAllister will be traveling to DFW to watch their oper ation on Friday and to ensure we have captured any abnormal requirements they may have. As a program, we will be traveling back to DFW later this month to perform a second site survey, again to ensure we have completely captured any additional requirements they may have concerning the use of multiple towers simultaneously. o Local Article 48 Site Participants: Mr. McAllister has reached out to all reaming sites to ask for their local article 48 participants names. Several of the FacReps have not responded wi th the required information. Mr. McAllister will reach out to them again this week. If they do not respond by weeks end, the RVPs will be asked for assi stance in obtaining responses. INTEGRATED DISPLAY SYSTEM REPLACEMENT (IDS - R): Richie Smith (N90) is the Article 48 Repres entative to the IDS - R program. His report for this week is below. • On the March 16, the Joint Resolution Council met with the IDS - R (NIDS) program office and agreed to cut the number of network installations from 71 to 41. The thirty netw orks that were previously scheduled to receive NIDS and have been removed are: o N90, D21, CVG, R90, CRP, BDL, ZSU, ICT, SDF, YNG, RDU, SYR, LEX, ORF, HSV, LIT, MOB, TOL, A11, M98, AVL, MEM, C90, MGM, D01, TUL, GSO, ACY, TYS, MCI. o All other facilities/netwo rks that have been visited by the program office and are in various stages of installati on will move forward with NIDS. • The next wave of IDS - R product, EIDS, is tentatively scheduled for roll out in 2021. The program office claims that they intend to make the above listed 30 networks on the forefront of tha t program's waterfall schedule. o NATCA still feels that 2021 is a very aggressive timeframe to aim for. • A recent trip to the I90 network uncovered a few issues that need to be addressed before the network goes IOC (Initial Operating Capacity) in late May. HOU had some console remodeling done that created a difference between the proposed location and mounting of the NIDS monitors and what is actually taking place. • The program office likes to boast about the fact that 30 networks have gone IOC and 18 of those are ORD, using NIDS full time. o On the heels of testing the next major software release for NIDS, NATCA has reminded the program office not to forget about or de - prioritize these facilities. RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN): Dennis Kelly (PHL) serves the membership as their Article 48 Representa tive for RNAV and PBN criteria. Mr. Kelly will be retiring in the near future and Bennie Hutt o (PCT) will be replacing him. Mr. Kelly has done an out standing job for the membership over the past several years and the S&T Department would like to thank him for his great work. The latest update for RNAV an PBN is below.