A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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Operational Eval and key site testing at Evansvi lle (EVV) have been completed. TSLE has begun rolling out the change nationally. SCT issues continue to be a large focus. NATCA S BS is heavily involved in the SAAT team, which is examining long - term alternatives to help improve overall sur veillance in the SCT airspace. The first efforts are aimed at mitigating the effect of the new NFL football s tadium near LAX. NATCA and the Agen cy have agreed to move forward with raising the LGB radar site, but little if any tangible progress has been seen to date. Meanwhile the SAAT team has been working on a costly Wide Area Multilateration (WAM) design. Agency and Stadium proponents have com pleted negotiations over funding and announced that a shared cost agreement allowing WAM deployment to move forward. NATCA SBS reached out to RDU regarding continuing issues with Fusion. RDU NATCA reports that the issues have been largely resolved with S TARS R27D10, which has significant tracker improvements included. Las Vegas (L30) has successfully completed their OSD but has not determined when they will transition to Fusion. NATCA SBS is trying to work with the facility on any internally identified obstacles or issues. The Fusion Focus Group continues to track and resolve facility reported issues with Fusion. These are largely issues with the underlying surveillance infrastructure, and experts from all fields are available to assist. Please report any issues to your OSF and our N ATCA SBS group for assistance. It is critical that actual data is recorded for evaluation and resolution. Vehicle ADS - B: 976 Vehicles are ADS - B equipped at 16 airports. Through numerous facility outreach briefings, the team has identified a need for portable transponders. Currently, vehicle transponders are hardwired. The team is hoping to participate in a demo of portable tran sponders early next year in ATL. ATL Metroplex : The Atlanta Metroplex team implemented our up - nu mbered SIDs on 11/10/16, after a brief automation issue everything has gone as expected. We also implemented the New ATL STARs on 11/15/16.