A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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SURVEILLANCE BROADCAST SERVICES (SBS) OFFICE: Eric Labardini (ZHU) is the Article 48 Rep resentative to the SBS Office. Below is the update for SBS. • The NATCA Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) team includes: Eric Labardini (ZHU), National SBS Article 48 Rep, Craig Bielek (A90), Dan Hamilton (SFO), National Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) Rep, Andrew Stachowiak (I90), and Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep . • ADS - B: o As of this update, over 21,000 aircraft are equipped to broadcast with ADS - B Rule compliant avionics in the NAS. The SBS PO rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationwi de is 50,000 aircraft per year. With about three years and nine months to the January 1, 2020 , deadline t o equip, concern is high that equipage levels will fall short of the estimated tot al NAS fleet (100,000 - 160,000). Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the availability of in stallers falls short of demand. The DOD recently announced that they wil l fall short of the deadline to equip their fleet. o ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all En Route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. o 75 of 160 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC and the majority are operating on F usion. The remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgr ade to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion tran sition proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstration (OSD) , and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: Evansville (EVV) Fusion Support, Mar ch 8 Harrisburg (MDT) Fusion Support, Mar ch 8 Knoxville (TYS) ADS - B/Fusion Kickoff, Mar ch 30 o There is a growing issue with ADS - B non - compliant avionics. Though the most serious issues that affect tracking are filtered by the SBS network or the automation systems themselves, other issues such as Call Sign Mismatch (CSMM) or Duplicate ICAO address are presented to controllers due to misconfigured avionics. Avionics issues are not u nique to ADS - B, and radar transponder issues seen today are worked through FSDO. The Agency's approach to ensuring users return to compliance with ADS - B is hampered by the ir lack of resources to do so. The entire ADS - B compliance effort seems to be central ized at the HQ level among a handful of personnel. This is not a sustainable model at 2020 or even today's equipage levels. • ASDE - X Tech Refresh: o PHL is the latest facility to receive the latest version of the tech refresh. o There was an event at KSEA where an Alaska Airlines B737 landed on a taxiway parallel to a runway. After some data collection and tests ran by NASE Engineering, it has been decided that Dan Hamilton would take the lead on national project to introduce Taxiway alerts into Safety logic for ASDE - X. More updates will follow as this project develops. • ASSC: