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We are here to answer a ny question you have, or help yo u find any information you need! Do you have a good story idea for the NATCA Insider e - newsletter or social media? Want to share a photo? Trying to find something? Give us a call or send us an email. We'll respond quickly . I f we don't know the answer, we'll work to help find it for you as soon as possible . Director of Communications Doug Church : dchurch@natcadc.org ; 301 - 346 - 8245 Associate Director of Communications, Art & Design La ura Roose: lroose@natcadc.org ; 202 - 220 - 9814 Senior Communications and Public Affairs Associate Sarah McCann : smccann@natcadc.org ; 202 - 220 - 9813 Communications Specialist Sarah Zilonis : szilonis@natcadc.org ; 202 - 266 - 9844. Multimedia Specialist Chris Ray : cray@natcadc.org ; 202 - 266 - 9875 WEEKLY MESSAGE FROM ATO COO TERI L. BRISTOL The STARS Align at Largest TRACONs Hi everyone. The Terminal Automation Modernization/Replacement (TAMR) program is our effort to implement or substantially upgrade the Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System (STARS) at all terminal facilities throughout the NAS. I ' m proud to say that we've completed STARS deployment at our 11 largest TRACONs, and their associated control towers, as part of TAMR 's Phase 3 Segment 1 program. This effort included our TRACONs in New York, Chicago, Potomac, St. Louis, Minneapolis , Atlanta, Southern California, Northern California, Louisville, Denver , and Dallas. With these deployments complete, controllers have high - resolution LCD displays that will save us about 60% in energy costs. Controllers also have modern digital weather de piction and a more accurate representation of the aircraft ' s position. With a common STARS platform, we ' re reducing the complexity and cost of maintaining multiple configurations o f terminal automation systems. This means we can reduce training time for co ntrollers and technicians and significantly reduce the development cost for NextGen technologies because we can dev elop and test on one platform. Phase 3 Segment 1 was done on time, within budget, and there was no disruption to the traveling public. Other TAMR phases are still in production mode, and when complete, TAMR, along with ERAM, will provide the long - term NAS - wide foundation to employ the more advanced NextGen capabilities that will make our airspace system more efficient and greener. The transitio n from the legacy CARTS system to STARS was a big challenge. As a way to bridge from the old system to the new, the program installed CARTS in STARS (CIS) for 425 TRACON d isplays and 125 remote towers. With CIS, facilities could transition more effectively because they were able to switch back and forth between