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Adam White, and SBS Ops Support Jeff Wea ver invested much time and effort in travel, operational evaluation, testing, and flight inspection to en sure this effort was a success. Many thanks to the countless others that invested their time and energy as well. FMA in Fusion: Flight tests for data collection were condu cted at ORD the week of May 17. This data is necessary in order to complete the Separation Standards analysis , which feeds into the FMA/Fusion SRMD. Scenario building for the FMA in Fusion Dry Run testing was accomplished. An OPS Ev al Form was created to help SME s document any anomalies observed during the testing. The dry run testing is scheduled the week of June 6th at the Will iam J. Hughes Technical Center. GIM - S: ZSE GIM - S IOC took place on the 23r d of May. In the current iteratio n, few benefits may be had until further adaptation refinement is made. Discussion with the site is still ongoing. ZKC Kickoff meeting likely will be postponed until the end of June to allow for TBFM OPs Team participation. The SBS Program Office has dec ided to postpone adding any additional sites for deployment until FY 17 (with the exception of ZKC). Rather than rolling out to new sites, the PO will focus on enhanci ng the tool at existing sites. IM/TSAS : Craig Bielek and Tom Zarick participated in suppo rt activity for the concept of merging the Next Gen technologies of Terminal Spacing and Sequ encing and Interval Management. The group worked on flushing out the concept ahead of a HITL to be scheduled in late summer or fall. MEARTS Fusion: The Separation Standards analysis continues development. This report will feed into the MEARTS 3nm Fusion SRMD, expected to be completed by September 2016. The latest hurdle s were a few outliers identified by Sep Standards, but a review by NATCA HCF personnel revealed t hat they did not re present an operational concern. This should allow the effort to continue as it has been somewhat stalled on this point. Space Based ADS - B: A third Safety Risk Management Panel was held May 10 - 11 to consider the Ingest & Process Sp ace Ba sed ADS - B change to ATOP. At this point, the effort is centered on building the case for a F inal Investment Decision (FID). Beyond the FID and once system design is tangible, Ops Eval, HITL, and a future Operational SRMD will be conducted. The Panel worked through several risks noted and id entified potential mitigations. Overa ll the discussion was fruitful. Many concerns centered on ensuring ADS - C driven confl ict probing remained unaffected. The next steps will be for engineering to determine the specifics of the requi rements developed at this SRMP. Costs and timelines are an unknown at this point. The first Reduced Oceanic S eparation SRMP was held May 12. The discussion