A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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address program management deployment issues, NATCA has partnered with TAMR to bring well - defined deployment s trategies to a new team in the surveillance group. Later this month, NATCA AT and engineering SMEs will be joined by the CTD and TAMR deployment teams for a joint meeting to further refine the deployment process and to help manage the state of the ASR8 in the NAS. Major activity since the last update: Omaha TRACON (R90) achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE on 4/19/17. Baton Rouge (BTR) achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE on 4/22/17. Moline Tower (MLI) achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE on 4/24/17. Yankee TRACON (Y90) a chieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE on 5/10/17. Mobile, AL (MOB) achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE on 5/12/17. These five transitions have eliminated three MORE ARTS IIE from the NAS and two aging G1 systems! Congratulations to the facilities and all those involv ed in the transition. San Antonio, TX (SAT) achieved IOC on G4 STARS 3/26/1 7. ORD was declared on 4/28/17 and the old G1 system has been decommissioned and will be uninstalled. IND : MDM (11) transitions have begun. The legacy Sony 2K displays are being remov ed from the operational area. MKE: STAMP approval letter submitted. The STAMP is finalized equipment order for a facility. BHM: Site Prep: On - going. Adaptation for the new system has begun. ASE: Site Implantation Review (SIR): The SIR is the activ ity where the PO reviews all site prep work to ensure the site is ready for equipment delivery and install of STARS. ABQ: Site Implantation Review (SIR): The SIR is the activity where the PO reviews all site prep work to ensure the site is ready for equip ment delivery and install of STARS. FAY : Initiated IOC planning telcons GGG : Initiated IOC planning telcons BGR : Initiated IOC planning telcons SBA : Initiated IOC planning telcons MWH : Initiated IOC planning telcons PSC : Initiated IOC planning telcons So ftware & Hardware Engineering Submitted by Kyle Ness (M98) MSAW/CA Board The Board has been looking to acquire improved and more accurate terrain information other than Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED). National Elevation Dataset (NEDS) was the sugg estion from AVN. There are three types of NEDS data with as much as 400GB in one dataset. The benefit would be a gain in granularity but the large datasets can pose problems. Until the board has better tools to handle large datasets, the Board agreed to no t move to NEDS and continue with the DTED data.