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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AIRPORT CAPACITY DECISION SUPPORT TOOL (ADEST): Kristen Laubach represents the membership as the Artic le 48 Representative for ADEST. Her report is below. There were two telcons with the Airport Capacity Decision Support Tool (AD EST) team over the past month. New updates to ADEST have been moved into t he staging environment and are curre ntly being tested by the team. This current version should fix issues with SFO and LAX ADEST as well as added additional weat her options for some airports. The programmers continue to work on a new base line program that when completed, should be compatible to all airports. This new version will initially be tested at PHL and , when completed , should ease the complexity of programming ADEST for future airports. NEXTGEN DISTANCE MEASURING EQUIPMENT (NG DME) PROGRAM: Samed Rizvi (PCT) is the NG DME National Representative. Mr Rizvi forwarded the information below for the membership. The program is continuing through its early "paperwork" phases without showing the potential for any impacts on the controller workforce as of yet. NextGen DME program has completed the IARD process and is now beginning on Phase 1 FID (Final Investment Decision). FID Phrase 1 is expected to be completed by September 2017 . Mr. Rizvi attended weekly Next Gen DME Status teleconferences. Mr. Rizv i attended weekly NextGen DME Steering Engineering Workgroup teleconferences . RNAV and PERFORMANCE BASED NAVIGATION (PBN ) : Bennie Hutto (PCT) is the Article 48 Representative for RNAV and PBN criteria work. Mr. Hutto's report for the membership is below. RNAV ATS Routes We are still in the process of working with AJV - 14 and AFS - 400 regarding the "Lateral Protected Airspac e Criteria for RNAV ATS Routes," which we hope will lead to change in criteria and reduction in the basic width of an RNAV route. Pilot Controller Procedure s & Systems Integration (PCPSI) Our next meeti ng is scheduled for November 8 - 10 in Henderson, Nev. NextGen Integration Work group (NIWG) PBN We held our last meeting on September 19, 2016, and discussed how we should move forward rega rding Established on RNP (EoR), but no movement can occur until the results of the safety anal ysis is completed and briefed. Once we have had the opportunity to review and understand the results of that safety analysis, we will then know how to proce ed. In the meantime, the NIWG site recommendations for Radius to Fix (RF) and Track to Fix (TF) for independent and dependent operations is as follows: