A publication of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association
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Agency on a compromise that requires DOD radar availability at key sites to be identified. Many DOD Air Traffic facilities do not even plan to track aircraft via ADS - B. GA equipage is a harder question and being carried as a h igh r isk by the SBS Program Office. Increased avionics availability and competition among manufacturers continues to bring the o verall cost for GA users down. In addition, the Agency has initiated another rebate program and it is showing some interest , but not as high as expected. The rebate program expired on Sept. 19, but users have approx imately five months to complete their installations afterward. Facilities may see these GA ADS - B operators flying more check flights as they attempt to validate their installations and claim the rebate. The SBS PO very rough estimate of avionics installa tion capacity nationwid e is 50,000 aircraft per year. The rough estimate of all NAS aircraft that need to equip is 160,000. The actual number that needs to equip could be much lower depending on the number of users that remain outside of ADS - B Rule airsp ace (transponder required). Users that wait too close to 2020 may find that the capacity for insta llation falls short of demand. ADS - B IOCs have been completed at all En Route (ERAM and MEARTS) facilities. All ERAM sites have promoted ADS - B to the top of their sort cells. 106 of 155 Terminal sites have reached their ADS - B IOC an d 101 are operating on Fusion. The majority of the remaining Terminal sites are ARTS 2E sites awaiting an upgra de to the ELITE (STARS) build. The Terminal ADS - B/Fusion transit ion proceeds in this order: Kickoff meeting, ADS - B Flight Inspection, ADS - B IOC, Fusion Operational Suitability Demonstratio n (OSD) , and Fusion Operations. The most recen t and upcoming Terminal events: • Lexington (LEX) Fusion OSD 9/12 • Montgomery (MGM) Fu sion OSD 9/14 (rescheduled) • Lexington (LEX) Fusion Operational 9/20 • Montgomery (MGM) Fusion Operational 9/20 • Baton Rouge (BTR) ADS - B IOC 9/21 • Charleston (CHS) Fusion OSD 9/27 • Charleston (CHS) ADS - B IOC 10/3 • Augusta (AGS) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 10/3 • Moline (M LI) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/3 (rescheduled) • Champaign (CMI) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 10/5 • Baton Rouge (BTR) Fusion OSD 10/5 (rescheduled) • Bangor (BGR) Flight Inspection 10/11 • Mobile (MOB) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/17 • Duluth (DLH) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10 /17 • Sioux City (SUX) ADS - B Flight Inspection 10/31 • Madison (MSN) ADS - B Kickoff 10/31 • Toledo (TOL) ADS - B Kickoff 11/2 • Bangor (BGR) ADS - B IOC 11/6 • Moline (MOL) Fusion OSD 11/7 (rescheduled) • Fayetteville (FAY) ADS - B Flight Inspection 11/7 • Moline (MLI) ADS - B IOC 11/8 (rescheduled) • Waco (ACT) ADS - B Fusion Kickoff 11/14