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We had two successful Oper ational Evaluation Reviews (OER s) the week of 9/ 12 in Chicago for MDW and ORD. The controllers from both facilities were very active during all of the meetings and were able to give us valuable information in how business is done between the two fac ilities on a day - to - day basis. We were also able to visit the ramp facilities of SWA a t MDW, and UAL and AAL at ORD. All of those visits will help us to build a better communication tool between the various ramps across the NAS and TFDM. Leidos hosted a System Requirements Review (SRR) the week of 9/29 - 9/30. During the week of meetings, NATCA, FAA, and Leidos reviewed the contractual requirements of TFDM to verify Leidos understood exactly what we wanted them to ev entually build. All sides walked away with very few action items and we plan to have those cleared up by the end of October for final submittal. Representatives from Leidos and SAAB Sensis visited the AEFS lab in D . C . on Friday, 9/30, and had a good op portunity to see where we currentl y are with the AEFS prototype. After a few hours of demo and Q&A, I ' m confident that they now have a grasp on what we will need with an electro nic flight strip (EFS) system. An actual demo of the Leidos/SAAB Sensis EFS sys tem is currently scheduled for 10/13. With the SRR completed and the AEFS demo under their belt, Leidos and SAAB Sensis will hopefully show us a solid first effort of TFDM with which to build on. The previously scheduled MITRE 3T (TBFM, TFDM, & TFMS) meet ing/demo has be en rescheduled for 10/20 & 21. Upon completion of this meeting, the teams for the 3Ts will have a better idea of how our three programs will interface with the other and how it will impact the NAS. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) W e are still awaiting word from 3M to see if they are able to fix the screen resolution on their new 32 " monitor. If they are unable to provide us with an operational monitor, we will have to begin a new search for a replacement. PHX An issue with the fon t size of a locally created vehicle strip arose recently that was chopping off some of the call sign of the vehicle. Second level at the tech center has created a fix and has gotten it to PHX. CLE Testing of the new ER2 build was completed the week of 9/ 11. After testing, it was decide d to leave the system running. After three weeks, we have seen a drastic reduction in the number of freezes and issues in general. With the successful running of the ER2 build, it will now be rolled into the next full 5.3. 0.3 build due out for tech cen ter testing in early November. It should be ready for field - testing in late November or early December. EWR Nothing new SFO