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curren t NME process of alternatives. It would be nice to have these facilities upgraded but not sure how this would affect the process. PROJECT MANAGEMENT OFFICE (PMO) Jeff Woods (I90) serves the membership as the Article 114 Representative to the PMO. His activities for the month are below. Trajectory Based Operation (TBO) Continue to meet with the FAA to define a process for implementing TBO . CRP Corrective Action Request (CAR) John Bressler (NATCA) and I met with Congressman Farenthold to update him on the automation issue . We're w orking on a plan t o facilitate a meeting with NATCA, FAA, Navy Air Traffic, and Navy Training Wing to discuss the issue . North East Corridor (NEC) Mark McKelligan and I are participating in multiple meetings with the FAA and Industry . The NEC covers Boston to Washington , D . C . Wake Recat Andy Marosvari, Kevin Connelly and I have been working issues around implementation in Miami and Washington , D . C . area airports . SCT TRACON Continue to support Aaron Rose (NATCA TAMR), Eric Labardini (NATCA ADSB) , and SoCal TRACON. Wide Ar ea Multilateration (WAM) is scheduled to be available to the facility on Aug . 10, 2017 IDS - R/NIDS Worked with Richie Smith (NATCA IDS - R), Houston TRACON , and the Program Office to ensure support will remain in place until their issues are resolved . Requi red Time of Arrival (RTA) Participated in a HITL with MITRE on RTA. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MOD ERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative for NATCA. His report to the membership is below. Mr. Rose traveled three ti mes during this reporting period. Manchester, NH was the first stop of the month for an Article 114 face - to - face meeting, MITRE for Terminal Work Package One (TWP1) , and Joint Control Facility Edwards (JCF). The Article 114 meeting involved reports from Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD), Terminal Spacing and Sequencing (TSAS), and Corrective Action Reports (CAR). With the Standard Terminal Automation and Replacement (STARS) system requiring digital radar input it is vital that the analog ASR8 radars are al l converted to digital signals. The CTD will ensure STARS can use an alog radars within the system. The issue we are facing at this time revolves ar ound maintenance on the radar. It appears that if maintenance is being conducte d the system is unusable. Of c ourse, this is not acceptable and NATCA has advised the CTD program office of our displeasure.