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• Longview (GGG) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 8/17/17 • Moses Lake (MHW) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 8/17/17 NATCA SBS continues to work with the Agency toward a more proactive appr oach 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 when 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 de termined onboard the aircraft. In order to reduce or prevent the number of safety compromising events in the NAS we need a proactive, timely response. Multiple ATSAP reports have been file d on the known issue s to date. The Agency is working on mitigations including enhanced validation and a No Services Aircraft List (NSAL). NATCA questions the effectiveness of these mitigations becau se they leave many documented issues unresolved and will not lead to a timely, proactive approach. Enhanced validation and the NSAL will be deployed soon by SBS. Article 114 discussions resulted in agreement that B787 aircraft would be placed on the NS AL as soon as possible. These aircraft have a latent avionics issue that causes false position information to b e displayed to the controller. This has alarmed several facilities, and caused both SCT and NCT to demote ADS - B in their sort cell priorities. Advanced IM American Airlines CFO was briefed on AIRS project on July 20th. No word as of yet whether the funding decision to equip the American A321 fleet moves forward. Paired Approach work still moving forward. Development of Controller Display Feat ures needed to support the application as well as the overarching A - IM ConOps work still in progress. GIM - S is still in a holding pattern until mor e PR s and ER s are addressed. ASDE - X Tech Refresh: This program continues to move forward with minimal i ssues. The next phase of system enhancements are currently in testing at OKC. ASSC: PMR taking place the week of 7/24. Initial installation underway at CVG. There are still some RU issues at CVG, but the team continues to move forward as those issues ge t worked out. An SRMD will take place in TPA in September to address the concept of an ADS - B only version of ASSC. This is largely based on the ADS - B 2020 rule and the agencies continued desire to remove SMR from the NAS. FMA in Fusion: Operational evalu ation and SRMP hav e concluded. Additional Sep Standards analysis of IBI mode has delay ed the completion of the SRMD. Slow but steady progress is being made, and an operational start of FMA use of Fusion is now planned for September 2017.