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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT A IR TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS (AJV - 7) J ames Keith (D10) is NATCA's Article 114 Repr esentative to the AJV - 7 Office. His update for this report is below. Offshore Precipitation Capability (OPC) : We should see back out in the field soon in Miami, New York, Houston centers, Command Center, and San Juan. Advanced IM : The concept of operations workgroup me t for three days this month on continued work on the con ops. Terminal Work Package 1 (TWP - 1) : Terminal CHI team has been engaged and briefed on the concepts found in TWP - 1. I have worked with AJV - 7 in scheduling the terminal CHI team to work with MITRE in development of spe cific concepts found in TW P - 1. Long - Range Radar : The agency has formed a workgroup lead to by AJV - 7 to define the need and priority for long - rang e radar in the post ADS - B age. Eric Labardini and I are pa rticipants on this work group. A kick o ff meeting was held this month. I will keep you updated on the progress of future meetings. ERAW : Attended Monthly ERAW meeting. AIMM Sig 3 : Continued work on the con - ops. The access to data for controllers to use for training will be addressed in the con - ops. DATACOMM Chad Geyer (ZLA) is t he Article 114 Representative for DataComm. Below is his update. Last week Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC) sites sent over 3 ,500 clearances a day. The Program Office continues to work requirements for new builds to improve stability, perf ormance , and increase opportunities for facilities to use Auto Mode. The new build should be available in August. Believe it or not, Segment 1 Phase 1 of the DataComm program was deployed ahead of time and under budget. The Program Office will use the add itional funds to deploy the Tower Data Link Services (TDLS) system to an additional three sites RSW, CHS , and VNY. These sites will be CPDLC capable. In addition to the new towers, four PDC - only sites are being upgraded to CPDLC. These sites are CMH, ADW, BUF , and RNO. NATCA worked with the program office to determine where these sites would be added or upgraded. The Technical Center hosted pilots from various airlines to discuss En Route messages and system functionality. These pilots engaged with the tea m that created controller requirements to make sure that the system will be user friendly and that functionality is as good as it can be. In some cases, procedures may be developed that would require a controller or pilot to go to voice to clarify certain interactions that cannot be fully understood in a CPDLC clearance. Pilots will continue to come in and view functionality and messages every few months. This will help ensure that controller and pilot training are on the same page and that the system works for all. Some information that ca me out of the initial meeting: