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• Equipment Deliveries (ED): Planned 32/Completed 25 • Contracto r Acceptance Inspection (CAI): Planned 31/ Completed 28 • Init ial Operating Capacity (IOC): Planned 29/ Completed 22 Programmatically, all sites under realignment still remain on t he TAMR waterfall. K90 merger into A90, GRR/LAN/MBS/FNT/MKG into AZO, CAK/MFD into CLE and ERI into BUF represent the majority of the missed milestones. The other missed IOCs were Common Terminal Digitizer (CTD) sites, ROA and RFD, which were moved to Janu ary 2018 to accommodate CTD timeline difficulties. While it appears that TAMR is missing milestones, with the exception of CTD required sites, we are exactly where we are projected to be. Site by site activities are as follows: • SYR: Joint Site Survey (JS S) has been accomplished • SHV: Joint Site Sur vey (JSS) has been accomplished • CMI: Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • OKC: Equipment Delivery • ALB: Equipment Delivery • BHM: Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI) The G4 STARS ELITE equipment has been installed and ac cepted by the FAA for BMH • MCI: Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI) The G4 STARS ELITE equipment has been installed and accepted by the FAA for MCI • A11: Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI) The G4 STARS ELITE equipment has been installed and accepted by the FAA for A11 • CLT: Achieved IOC on STARS G4 • TUL: Achieved IOC on STARS G4 ELITE • RST: Contractor Acceptance Inspection (CAI) The G4 STARS ELITE equipment has been installed and accepted by the FAA for RST TAMR Software/Hardware Report Submitted by Kyle Ne ss (M98) . MSAW/CA Board The board held a meeting Aug. 14. The discussion centered on training, documentation edits , and pending changes related to the Standards & Guidelines document. The Board is evaluating how to best identify safety critical parameters in new software releases prior to key site activity so the Board can determine if the parameter needs to be addressed in the Standards & Guidelines document. This includes any potential changes to Conflict Alert, MSAW, wake turbulence , or anything Air Traffi c feels pertinent to Board review. System Technical Reports Working Group (STRWG) Stakeholders are nearing refining concurrence on two changes to STARS software – assigned altitude amendments and enhanced CRDA. A new report related to ATPA processing base d on scratchpad entries will be further d iscussed with Raytheon Sept. 5. New on the workgroup agenda is a surveillance problem reported by Detroit related to tracks coasting when entering/exiting multilateration (MLAT) areas. NATCA is reviewing the propose d change.