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CVG Initial Operating Capacity (IOC) Achieved on Feb 18, 2017: CVG transitioned from G1 STARS to G4 STARS. CHS Initial Operating Capacity (IOC) P lanning T elcons : IOC scheduled for March 20, 2017. Three SMEs a re scheduled to be on hand for three days to assist the site through the transition from ARTS IIE to STARS. RDG Adaptation Kickoff Meeting : This is the initial point where the facility first starts to work with the OSF to bu ild its first STARS adaptation . CMH Initial Operating Capacity (IOC) P lanning T elcons : IOC scheduled for Feb 25, 2017. CMH is transitioning from G1 STARS to G4 STARS. ILM Joint Site Survey (JSS): This activity is when the vendor surveys and develops the equipment order for STARS equi pment. P80 Joint Site Survey (JSS): This activity is when the vendor surveys and develops the equipment order for STARS equipment. MSN Site Implantation Review (SIR): The SIR is the activity where the PO reviews all site prep work to ensure the site is r eady for equipment delivery and install of STARS. CPR ASR - 8/BI - 5: System Performance Verification (SPV) Planning : The SPV is a pivotal step in preparing the ASR8 and Bi5 to operate at a level that is sufficient for digitization. AVL ASR - 8/BI - 5: System Pe rformance Verification (SPV) Planning : The SPV is a pivotal step in preparing the ASR8 and Bi5 to operate at a level that is sufficient for digitization. Congratulation s to the newest STARS facilities! LEX and MGM both transitioned from ARTS IIE to STARS G4 Elite on February 18, 2017. These IOCs culminate in approximately two years of work at each facility. With each IOC of an ARTS IIE facility to a STARS system , the NAS moves closer to a single terminal automation platform. Initially, there were 91 ARTS I IE facilities, with eight having dual systems in one facility. The first STARS G4 Elite system was commissioned at ABE on April 15, 2014. Since, the program has move 40 facilities into the STARS family. TERMINAL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Matt Baugh (IAH) is the Artic le 114 Representative for TFDM. Mr. Baugh's update is below. The program completed the initial Technical Manual Guid ance Conference on January 26. This meeting outlined the creati on and distribution methods of all of the TFDM manuals, from op erational to tech ops. The TFDM team visited the Leidos facility in Gaithersburg, M d. the week of 1/30 for the first of three Early User Involvement Events (EUIE). We spent the three days going over every aspect of the electronic flight strip (EFS) system that Leidos has had the oppor tunity to build to this point. The test includ ed the transferring of strips from one position to another, making amendments to slight strips, (both in a virtual ERAM and