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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT AIR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS (AJV - 7): James Keith (D10) is NATCA's Article 114 Repr esentative to the AJV - 7 Office. His update is below. Aircraft T ype CAR : T he CAR is still being worked. The software fix solution is under review with the national user team. E - IDS : Attended bi - weekly workgroup meetings on t his program. A request for SME s to attend storyboard sessions in January has been sent to NATCA. The storyboard sessions are vital to shaping the product to what is needed at the field facilities. Traffic Flow Management (formally SFMA ): CATM work p ackage 5 - prioritization process is moving forward. A few months ago the operational prioritization was completed. The programmatic prioritization is in progress. Advanced Interval Management (A - IM ): The workgroup met for the first time this month and the agenda is set for future meetings. The workgroup will be developing the concept so to provide the controllers the necessary information on the RADAR displays so to ensure separation during IM operations. Sector Enhancement : Sector enhancement co mpleted step two of the prioritization process. Step three is for the program office to establish the final prioritization of sector enhancement. Airspace Technology Demonstration - 3 (ATD - 3 ): NASA briefed NATCA on ATD - 3. ATD - 3 consists of three concepts: Dynamic Routes for Arrivals in Weather (DRAW), Multi Flight Common Route (MFCR), and Traffic Aware Strategic Aircraft Request (TASAR). The concepts are traffic management related. I will be traveling to NASA AMES in the near future to get a bet ter grasp of the concept and will report afterwards. Terminal Work Package - 1 (TWP - 1 ): AJV - 7 is providing a series of briefings to Investments, P lanning , and A nalysis (IP&A). The process is to show and document the benefits of TWP - 1. Offshore Precipitation Capability : AJV - 7 is waiting for AJT to determine what path to take to get this back to Miami and Houston C enters . An issue was discovered by the PMO while doing site visits to replace RADAR channel changer panels for ASR - 9 sites. The standard configuration is one in the TRACON, one in the equipment room, and a spare. The PMO discovered that several up/down facilities have installed one in the tower. The replacement program does not provide for this configuration. I have sat on meetings regarding this subject and relayed the importance of the configuration in use today. The PMO will put together a cost assessment and report back. NAS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME): Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the NME Article 114 Representative. Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below.