A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT EN ROUTE AU TOMAT ION MODERNIZATION (ERAM) Julio Henriques (ZNY) le ads the ERAM efforts for NATCA. This update is provided by Dan Mullen (ZID). A Safety Risk Management panel was held in Seattle the week of March 13 regarding incorporating Track - Based Display Mode from ADS - B equipped aircraft into ERAM. This is one more step in increasing the accuracy and benefit of data from ADS - B. Members of the ERAM and SBS teams participated along with surveillance and engineering experts. No high safety risks were identified. Facility Tech Reps (FTRs) from the ARTCCs bordering Canada met with engineers from CAATS and ERAM to develop requirements for the h andoff to CAATS project. Neither system was designed for international handoffs and the changes we make to allow that must also be co mpatible with other non - US systems. The ability to make and receive handoffs to/from Canada is expected in the 2020 timeframe. Regression in the ERAM EAD600 release created a condition in which Conflict Probe could be inaccurate. No acceptable mitigation existed, so we had Leidos build a Field Fix release to correct the problem. The new build was tested by ERAM SMEs at the Tech Center and released nationally April 6th. Most ARTCCs will be installing EAD600 by the end of May. Airborne Re - Route (ABRR) Confo rmant Routes are planned for a May 7 th turn - on. That means that protected segments in flight plans that are part of a Traffic Management Initiative will be indicated with chevrons. The full capabilities of Pre Departure Re - Route (PDRR) and ABRR will be tur ned on at each facility after they have installed EAD600 and coordinated a date with the Command Center. New D - side monitors are being sent to all c enters for installation beginning in early May. These new monitors are 24 inches diagonally, but the incre ased size will not be utilized until the EAE100 software update early next year. The viewable space will stay the same size as today, with blacked out areas on either side of the views. The budget issues related to the Continuing Resolution put a stop to nearly all travel throughout April. We've been assured that essential testing and site support will still be supported, but any development work, workgroups, and meetings have been cancelled. We'll be assessing the impact this has on the programs that all the ERAM team members work on. ENTERPRISE - INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E - IDS) Amanda Hodge (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Enterprise - Information Display System (E - IDS) work. Ms. Hodge's report for the membership is below. Essentially, the pl an moving forward has changed slightly in that we plan to use a MITRE demo with the SMEs in focus groups via go - to meetings (4 - h our sessions). The details, specific time required, and SMEs needed are all outlined in the attachment, and MITRE can be flexibl e to accommodate SME scheduling constraints. To finalize the demos, the data from the initial TRACON survey will be used to supplement the info that MITRE already has. The surveys are due back by Apr il 10 th and we will know by then if