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the destination airport, be added to the next build, for which there is no timeline. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR): Mitch Herrick (MIA) is the current Artic le 48 Representative for TAMR. Mr. Herrick will be retiring in July and Aaron Rose (NCT) will be the next Arti cle 48 Representative on TAMR. Below is the TAMR report. • This week's update will be fairly concise with emphasis on reporting successes with one risk highlighted by our NATCA Surv eillance Engineer Joe Yannone. Most of the team has been actively involved i n testing and deployment over the past several weeks. • Recent Transitions to STARS . N90, GRB, MYR, GEG and AMA have all made the transition to STARS since the last update. o N90 is extremely significant because it represents the final site in the TAMR Phase 3 Segment 1 Waterfall (P3S1) has been completed without missing a single Acquisition Program Baseline (APB) Date and within budget. A monumental event that all of NATCA should take great pride in accomplishing. o N90 d eclared c onti nuous ops at 11am on May 17 th. o GRB, MYR both transitioned on May 16th, AMA on April 29 and GEG (Including Missoula, MT) transitioned on May 5th. This brings the number of ARTS IIE sites that have transitioned over the past two years to 22 of 9 4. 19 more will transition this year and 32 in 2017 followed by 15 in 2018 and 10 in 2019. • Tech Refresh of Legacy STARS sites. A number of Legacy (older) STARS sit es have already been upgraded. PHL, MIA, S46, MSY, TPA, S56, F11, and A90 are all comple ted. The next facilities this year will be RD U and D21 and 2017 will include P50, DAB, SAT, CVG, Y90, CMH, R90, SBA PIT, TUL, IC T, IND, ABQ, A11, BHM and MCI. A number of these facilities will receive G4 and those below 300,000 operations (Non Core 30) w ill receive G4 Elite. The differences between G 4 and G4 Elite are predominantly hardware and some slightly different architecture that allows for a smaller backroom footprint. For the c ontrollers , the functionalit y and capability is identical. The processors in the two systems are identical and possess four times the processing capability and capacity as the older STARS systems. Those that receive G4 Elite will have a new form of redundancy known as Direct Sensor Acce ss (DSA) that will replace ESL. • Merge Software. Many of our TAMR t eam members have been spending a great deal of time at the Tech Center testing the "Merge Software." The merge software is another monumental achievement because it represents software that will be used across all platforms and configurations of STARS including DOD, G4, and G4 Elite , as well as Legacy STARS. Once the ARTS IIE replacement known as Phase 3 Segment 2 (P3S2) is completed the entire NAS will be utilizing the same software so development and testing of new technology will be far easier and quicker as well as costs sa vings will be enormous. • Surveillance report submitted by Joe Yannone - Region X. o **Major Risk**Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD): The CTD is an integral part of the back end of the TAMR Segment 2 waterfall to digitize the remaining ASR - 8 radars, as a STARS sys tem only accepts a digital