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Amarillo (AMA) ADS-B/Fusion kick off meeting took place July 6 Spokane (GEG) ADS-B/Fusion kick off meeting took place July 7 Green Bay GRB ADS-B/Fusion kick off meeting took place July 12 Fargo (FAR) ADS-B Flight Inspection took place July 13 Chattanooga (CHA) Fusion Cadre instructor training took place the week of July 18 NATCA SBS continues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive approach to ADS-B avionics issues. Though these issues are rare, the Agency's approach to date has been hampered by a lack of resources devoted to investigating flagged issues within the SBS Compliance Monitor. These issues occur when standards for installation or configuration within aircraft or ground systems are not met. ADS-B is a cooperative surveillance source relying on the position information determined onboard the aircraft. In order to reduce or prevent the number of safety compromising events in the NAS we need a proactive, timely response. SCT received a briefing from the SAAT team on July 20. Though many of the recommendations remain unfunded, this was an important step in creating a priority list of how to address the surveillance problems at SCT in the LA Basin as well as the problems the new stadium will create. Some of the recommendations include: Raising the tower height of the LGB radar to improve both coverage on the LAX final and reduce the reflections from adjacent buildings Pursuing a WAM surveillance source for the LA Basin Continuing to work in enhancements to the Fusion tracker to optimize performance Continue to work on radar optimization within the ASR9 software to help filter bad returns at the source Advanced IM/FIM-S SC-286 /WG 4 meeting to be held in Buffalo the week of July 25th ASDE-X Tech Refresh: Training meetings will start the end of August for the next round of system enhancements that have been incorporated into the system. Deployment of tech refresh continues to run smoothly. ASSC: OT&E (Operational testing & evaluation) was successfully completed on July 21st at SFO. The results yielded a few minor issues that can all be resolved prior to SFO field familiarization, which starts on August 16th. The team is planning to IOC the system prior to the October 15th commissioning date of the new tower at SFO. The ASSC team will be at CLE the week of August 1st to familiarize them with the operation and prepare for initial training, which is scheduled to start at CLE later this year. FMA in Fusion: Completed formal Ops eval the week of July 18. There were controllers and FLMs from C90, CLT, A80 and D01. The testing went well, and should support the safety case for FMA in Fusion. GIM-S: ZSE hopeful to resume GIM-S operations by end of July. ZKC successfully hosted GIM-S Kickoff meeting. Next event will be an Adaptation Demo to be held at MITRE the week of Sept 12th. ZDV has postponed turning on GIM-S on a second arrival to due to personnel availability. New date now August 8th. MEARTS Fusion: Discussions with HCF on the path forward to an operational start of Fusion have begun. There are numerous resource concerns to be worked out before a final schedule

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