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would be able to determine within specific pilot communities such as ALPA, NBAA, AOPA, etc. those contributing factors that need to have a heightened awareness and education to the ir pilots. Also, the recommendations to the RSC would be data driven and based off of 700+ events not just the 19 A & B incidents. SURVEILLANCE BR OADCAST SERVICES (SBS) OFFICE Eric Labardini (ZHU) is the Article 114 Representative to the SBS Office. Below is the update for SBS. The NATCA Surveillance and Broadcast Services (SBS) team includes: Eric Labardini (ZHU), National SBS Article 48 Rep, Craig Bielek (A90), Dan Hamilton (SFO), National Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) Rep, Andrew Stach owiak (I90), and Tom Zarick (ZDV), National Interval Management Rep . ADS - B: As of January 1, 2017, the number of Rule Compliant ADS - B Out in the U.S. reached 23,566. ADS - B In equipped aircraft reached 21,604. Current equipage levels are falling short of the projected numbers needed to reach the Jan . 1, 2020 deadline to equip with ADS - B. Avionics Installation capacity NAS - wide could also be exceeded t he longer users wait to equip. So far, the Agency has been adamant that the dea dline is firm. Time will tel l, as the deadline looms closer. Most, if not all, a ir c arriers have provided the Agency with a plan to meet the Jan . 1, 2020 deadline. The military, as released in the press, expects to be unable to meet this deadline and is working with the Agency on a compromise that requires DOD radar availab ility at key sites identified. GA equipage is a harder question and being carried as a h igh r isk by the SBS Program Office. Increased avionics availability and competition among manufacturers continues to bring t he o verall cost for GA users down. In addition, the Agency has initiated another rebate program and it is showing some interest, but not as high as expected. The SBS PO very rough estimate of avionics installation capacity nationwid e is 50,000 aircraft pe r year. Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the capacity for insta llation falls short of demand. Facilities may see these GA ADS - B operators flying more check flights as they attempt to validate their installations and claim the rebate. An iss ue not screened by automation systems but an important assumption for future ADS - B dependent applications is the br oadcast call sign of the user. ADS - B sends this information to automation systems for comparison to the filed call sign. When a mismatch occu rs a Call Sign Mismatch (CSMM) alert can be generated. Data from ZAN showed over 2100 CSMM alerts were generated i n just one month (March 2016). This prompted SBS Article 48 to recommend all MEARTS sites disable CSMM alerts. MEARTS sites can do the same wi th Build 16.01 or later. In addition, SBS Article 48 initiated a survey of all ERAM sites to ga uge the extent of the problem. In July 2017, over 44,000 CSMM conditions w ere present in all ERAM sites. In October and December 2016, the number grew to over 55 ,000 CSMM conditions present in ERAM (caused by 15,000 aircraft). Obviously, the Agency has a long way to correct this issue.