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Phase 3 (9R Enhancement) – 9R constr uction estimated to be completed Spring 2018 and IOC Fall 2018. Drawings have been received. The work is out for a bid. BOS Shelter electrical work completed 10/6/17. Airfield conduit/cabling estim ated to be completed early November. IOC estimated June 20 18. DFW Shelter installation began 10/10/17. Shelter equipm ent delivered 10/18. Work is on going. San Diego Shelter installation estimated to be completed 12/ 17/17. IOC estimated Jan 2019. Runway Safety: Taxiway Lander ASDE - X Enhancement – A National wo rkgroup is under development to develop and solidify a plan for deployment of taxiway alerting at SEA. The workgroup is in a process of developing a testing plan, requirements, procedures, and training for the taxiway lander alerting system. 85 days of beh ind the scenes data was completed. The parameters for the alert are specific to an arrival aircraft being predicted to land on a taxiway within 3,000 feet or 20 seconds. During the data collection period, there were seven total taxiway predictions. None of which would of alarmed due to them staying outside of the requirements. The next steps are continued work with AJV8 in order to develop procedures for a flight check aircraft with is estimated to take place end of December/beginning of January timeframe. Once all elements are completed and if agreed upon the deployment of taxiway alerting at SEA would be the end result with potential to go to other airports down the road. Surface Safety Group The Root Cause Analysis Team (RCAT), which I am the co - lead of, will be moving into a new direction in order to improve surface safety risk management in the NAS. The group is designed to continuously develop, improve, and distribute educational and training materials, recommend necessarily policy, procedural chang es based on trend data, research technology, and monitor the effectiveness of safety requirements using the runway safety metric and individual safety performance targets stemming from the SMS process. This is a massive change for the runway safety group, as it will allow for more data driven discussion making. Airport Constr uction Advisory Council (ACAC) The ACAC continues to support construction activities throughout the NAS and Internationally. We brief weekly on current projects in the NAS. Runway In cursion Prevent ion Shortfall Analysis (RIPSA) Research was conducted at 15 airports without any surface surveillance system. A final site selection is yet to be completed. Here is the updated RIPSA timeline, which includes detailed activities: • Attend ai rfield lighting vendor conference in DFW – Oct . 22 - 27, 2017 • Publish technology acquisition RFI – Dec . 2017 • Evaluate RFI responses for candidate technologies – Jan . /Feb . 2018 • Re - engage candidate airports, conduct on - site assessments and preliminary site sur veys – Feb . /Mar ch 2018 • Initiate contract award(s) to technology vendor(s) – Mar ch 2018 • Complete contract award, hold kickoff meeting with vendor(s) – Apr . /May 2018 • Commence MOU development with test site(s) – Q3FY18 • Finalize MOU with test site(s) - Q4FY18