A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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Suitability Demonstration (OSD) and Fusion Operations. The most recent and upcoming Terminal events: West Palm Beach (PBI) OSD 5/31/17 Columbia (CAE) ADS - B IOC 6/1/17 Cedar Rapi ds (CID) ADS - B IOC 6/6/17 West Palm Beach (PBI) ADS - B IOC 6/6/17 Baton Rouge (BTR) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 6/6/17 Cedar Rapids (CID) OSD 6/6/17 Eugene (EUG) OSD 6/7/17 Charleston (CHS) ADS - B Kickoff 6/13/17 Columbia (CAE) OSD 6/14/17 Cedar Rapids (CID) Fusion Transition 6/20/17 Columbia (CAE) Fusion Transition 6/21/17 West Palm Beach (PBI) Fusion Transition 6/27/17 Moline (MLI) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 7/6/17 NATCA SBS continues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive approach to ADS - B avionics issues. Though these are infrequent occurrences, the Agency's approach to date has been hampered by a lack of resources, bureaucracy, and legal constraints associated with investigating avionics issues flagged by the SBS Compliance Monitor. These issues occur whe n standards for installation or configuration within aircraft or ground systems are not met. ADS - B is a cooperative surveillance source relying on the position information determined onboard the aircraft. In order to reduce or prevent the number of safet y compromising events in the NAS we need a proactive, timely response. An ATSAP has been filed covering the known issues to date. The Agency has indicated potential mitigations are being worked, but NATCA questions their effectiveness. NATCA SBS effort to prompt the Agency to reopen analysis of the risk associated with erroneous position in the ADS - B SRMD has resulted in little progress. We are in disagreement as the Agency's quantitative results delivered to not match SME qualitative assessment. Advan ced IM Still awaiting American Airlines funding decision to equip A321 fleet before any further activity is planned regarding the AIRS project. ASDE - X Tech Refresh: ASDE - X TIM/PMR took place the week of June 5th in Oklahoma City. Due to Agency FTI Requi rements and Current bandwidth limitations, initial discussions are underway for updating RU'S (remote Units) to wireless or updated wired communication. This is largely driven by obsolesce issues with parts, and agency security concerns. As demand has incr eased, the system is in a position where our current RU communication methods are at near max capacity. The project will likely start in FY2018. These changes will also improve reliability and decrease scheduled outages. ASSC: CLE ASSC Operational Readine ss Date declared and system is placed in Commissioned status as of 1340 EST 6 - 7 - 2017 Facility meetings at CVG took place the week of June 19th. The system is scheduled to be live in the tower in early 2018.