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OKC Site Implantation Review (SIR) completed. ACT Initiated IOC planning telcons. MSN Initiated IOC plannin g telcons. CMI Initiated IOC planning telcons. IND Initiated IOC planning telcons. TOL Initiated IOC planning telcons. TERMIN AL FLIGHT DATA MANAGER (TFDM) Matt Baugh (IAH) is the Article 114 Representative for TFDM. Mr. Baugh's update is below. Ray Adams from EWR was recently selected as a TFDM SME and will eventually be taking point on the training portion of TFDM. With Ray ' s experience in previous programs such as D ataComm & GBAS, as well as his knowledge of the northeast, he is a welcome addition to ou r team. Welcome Ray and thank you for stepping up and volunteering for this. The TFDM lab at the tech center has been finished. A site survey was done at the tech center the week of 07/09 to insure everything was in place to begin installation of hardwar e when the t ime comes in February of 2018. Also accomplished at the survey were meetings to discuss the various interfaces needed for the lab, and schedules for t hose connections to be made. Leidos held another Post Release Demonstration (PRD) the we ek o f 07/26 for the TFDM team. During the PRD, Leidos covered the last 8 - 10 weeks of software coding and demonstrated in the lab the new capabilities we have been working towards for the past couple of months. A few issues have arisen from that meeting and we are continuing to work through them on a daily basis. Development of TFDM training has picked up in the recent weeks, with reviews of everything from the ops manuals to the implementation plans being worked through. There is a risk with the training that , since we are building it concurrently while we build the system, that we will delay Initial Operating Ca pability (IOC) in PHX in 2019. However, we are doing everything we can in order to mit igate and eliminate that risk. With the addition of Ray to the t eam, I'm sure we c an handle this hurdle as well. Advanced Electronic Flight Strips (AEFS) Testing at the tech center for the 5.3.0.3 CLT patch began 07/06 and concluded 07/24 with no issues. This patch included a few efficiency enhancements for strip move ment/marking; as well as a few clean up items in the software that will allow the system to run more smoothly. CLT A failu re occurred on the evening of July 11. This issue has been addressed and changes have been made in the Ma intenance Handbook. Testing for the 5.3.0.3 CLT patch concluded the week of 07/31 - 08/04 on the mid shifts without any issues. The latest patch is now running full time and further distribution to PHX and CLE will be planned accordingly. PHX