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system. This will allow users to have hands on time on the latest build instead working on older builders. NATCA Safety & Tech Update Week of February 19, 2018 FLOW EVALUATION TEAM (FET) Tony Smith (DCC) is the Article 114 Representative to the Flow Evaluation Team (FET) for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). His report is below. The CDM/FET subgroup had our February meetings canceled because of budget constraints limiting travel. Once a budget is passed that allows us to meet, we hope to resume work on the use of the Airborne Reroute (ABRR) and Pre-Departure Reroute (PDRR) capabilities when they come on-line at the Centers. Our next meeting is will be a Human in the Loop (HITL) testing of the Integrated Departure Management (IDM) tool with NASA. That testing is being planned for March 20-21, 2018. NAS MONITORING EQUIPMENT (NME) Corrie Conrad (PDX) is the Article 114 Representative for Navaids Monitoring Equipment (NME), Integrated Control Monitoring System (ICMS) and Remote Radio Control System (RRCS). Ms. Conrad's report to the membership is below. RRCS Update Vendor selection is to be accomplished by the end of February. This was a delay from the original date, which was the end of January. NME No new update. SURFACE CONCEPT TEAM (SCT) Kyle Andrews (ORD) is the NATCA Representative to the Surface Concept Team (SCT) for Collaborative Decision Making (CDM). Mr. Andrews forwarded the information below for the membership. All travel and meetings that were to have been held in January and February w ere canceled due to lack of funding and the inability to confidently schedule even telcons with impending government shutdowns. As a result, there has been no progress in addressing either Tasking 78 - Flight Operators Surface Data Sharing To Support TFDM, or Tasking 79 - Airport Authority Data Elements Provisions. CDM Program Management has not responded to inquiries on how the meetings will be handled in the future. TERMINAL AUTOMATION MODERNIZATION REPLACEMENT (TAMR) Aaron Rose (NCT) is the TAMR Article 114 Representative for NATCA. His report to the membership is below. Mr. Rose traveled twice during the reporting period. Both trips involved Terminal Sequencing and Spacing (TSAS) demo and Early User Involvement (EUI). Attended the EUI at William J. Hughes Technical Center and demo/play date in Boston at the Raytheon facility in Marlborough, Mass. NATCA TAMR will be working with the TSAS team and provide lessons learned for training moving forward. There is still much to

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