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April 24 – May 12 S6R7 OT&E TERMIN AL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Matt Baugh (I AH) is the Artic le 114 Representative for TFDM. Mr. Baugh's update is below. We will be attending the initial Training Guidance Conference next wee k in Gaithersburg with Leidos. The intent of this meeting will be to determine how the Training Workgroup wi ll be designed and operate, as well as broad details of how the training should be developed and implemented. Further work will be done by the workgroup to iron out all of the details, in time for deployment in 2019. After completing the first of three Ea rly User Involvement Events (EUIEs) in February, the team will be again traveling to Gaithersburg for the first of five P ost Release Demonstrations (PRDs). These PRD s will be a one - day event for Leidos to demo what they have built so far, as well as to go over the future planned capabilities. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) After the suitability call in mid February, we have continued to work with the Surface Office (AJR) and the Requirements office (AJV) to prioritize the AEFS DR list to determin e a fix list for the next build. Looking ahead, we will be in CLT for training in April an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in late May. PHX PHX was doing a test run of approximately 30 days of the 32 " monitors. Among the issues was less clarity with the flight strips than the 24 " monitors due to smaller print. Ideally, they would like to see the 32 " monitor with a 4 - bay configuration, but that process has yet to be tackled. They have since decided that they will no longer keep the 32 " monitors and swi tch the back out with their original 24 " monitors. CLE Nothing new EWR Nothing new SFO Nothing new LAS Nothing new CLT Terminal Second Level Engineering (TSLE) discovered a temporary issue with the power in the cab, and has tasked the Eastern Service Area with upgrading their power supply in order to handle the number of thin clients and monitors AEFS will be bringing. Basically, not enough outlets in the right locations for where the equipment has to go. A short - term fix of buying a few extra power st rips for the cab has been done. Familiarization training was given to the local CLT cadres the week of March 6 - 10, in order for them to have a better understanding of the system and its capabilities. They will