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National Office Week in Review: January 25, 2017

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CLT Site Implantation Review (SIR). The SIR is the activity where the PO reviews all site prep to ensure the site is ready for equipment delivery and install. AT CLT, STARS G4 will be installed in parallel with STARS G1. MKE Initial Site Survey (ISS) kickoff meeting: STARS G1 to STARS G4 ELITE. The ISS for a G1 to G4 STARS ELITE is a briefing to the site on the capability of the STARS G4 ELITE upgrade. MGM Initial Operating Capacity planning telcons. IOC scheduled for Feb 17th. 3 SMEs are schedu led to be on hand for 3 days to assist the site through the transition from ARTS IIE to STARS. ABQ MDM training. This is a precursor to the MDM4 replacing the Sony 2K display in the TRACON. SPI Adaptation Kickoff Meeting. This is the initial point where th e facility first starts to work with the OSF to build its first STARS adaptation. K90 to A90 STARS training kick off meeting. K90, as part of S804 CWG, is realigning to A90. This meeting was to discuss options and to initiate a plan to train K90 members o n STARS as part of realignment. MKG STAMP and Hardware Review. The STAMP review is the last check of the contractual equipment order with the vendor. It includes all STARS hardware and cabling. BFL ASR - 8/BI - 5: System Performance Verification (SPV) Plannin g. The SPV is a pivotal step in preparing the ASR8 and Bi5 to operate at a level that is sufficient for digitization. ERI Joint Site Survey (JSS) for ARTS IIE to G4 ELITE and BUF Joint Site Survey (JSS) for STARS G1 to STARS G4 ELITE. The BUF and ERI JSS' s were scheduled to coincide based on the S804 CWG decision to realign ERI to BUF. The TAMR team surveyed for either option. If S804 implantation timeline were sufficient, ERI would be transitioned to STARS as a remote tower off of BUF. However, if the imp lantation timeline is not sufficient for TAMR to meet the timelines established in the TAMR waterfall (completed in early 2019), then TAMR will install STARS at ERI. This should not be read as IF TAMR installs, S804 realignment stops. That is not within TA MR's control. TAMR is merely deploying equipment on a timeline and S804 will run its own course. AVL Site Implantation Review (SIR). The SIR is the activity where the PO reviews all site prep to ensure the site is ready for equipment delivery and install. GSP Joint Site Survey (JSS). This activity is when the vendor surveys and develops the equipment order for STARS equipment. LCH ASR - 8/Mode S Site: Engineering Services (ES) Site Prep/Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) Installation. The initial action to inst all a CTD has begun. ABI STARS training kick off meeting. ABI is the first S804 CWG realignment activity to draw to completion by TAMR. STARS has been installed at ABI and ABI will be a STARS G4 ELITE TRACAB. Prior to the 2009 CBA (Red Book), the FAA had a ttempted to force a realignment of ABI to D10. S804 WCG decided to stop that action and construct a TRACAB for the continuation of the approach control services from ABI. NATCA worked with the TAMR PO to reassign K90 hardware to ABI to supply the equipment footprint. ABI was not on the TAMR waterfall. K90 will realign to A90. TAMR Software/Engineering Report Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98) After the holiday break preparations were made for planned STARS software events in the coming year. Fiscal year 2017 wil l be an important period in TAMR program as the STARS R6 'merge' build takes shape, which achieves an important step toward deploying a single terminal automation system by fielding a common software baseline.

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