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• Functionality • Services offered • Procedures • DataComm Network Service (DCNS) Coverage • Training • Implementation • Route Load ability Both briefings were well attended and engagement from the facility was great. This was also a chance to view ATOP airspace and how they use CPDLC in Oceanic Airspace. RNO tower is our newest CPDLC facility and RSW and CHS are our newest PDC facilities. RSW and CHS will eventually add CPDLC to their facility as soon as they have had a chance to familiarize themselves with PDC. VNY will be adding PDC and CPDLC a little later in the year. BUF and CMH will be adding the CPDLC service later in the year as well. When all sites are completed, there will be 76 PDC sites and 62 CPDLC sites. En Route key sites will be installing CPDLC software on to the TTL and OP channels over the next few months. Once the ERAM builds are installed and systems are verified to be working well with CPDLC turned off, the process of turning on CPDLC and testing will begin. The Key Sites for turning CPDLC on are ZKC, ZME, and ZID. ZTL and ZLC are also Key Sites because of the software that must be turned on at the National Application Processor (NAPP). ENTERPRISE-INFORMATION DISPLAY SYSTEM (E-IDS) Amanda Richardson (ZOA) is the Article 114 Representative for Enterprise-Information Display System (E-IDS) work. Mrs. Richardson's report for the membership is below. Background The Enterprise Information Display System (E-IDS) project aims to replace all existing IDSs in the NAS, providing the Agency with one enterprise solution across facility types. While some customization is necessary and should be available, one system will reduce overall costs for upkeep and training and resolve the upcoming end-of-life issues we have with our current IDSs in the field (IDS-4, ERIDS, etc.). The project is working towards finalizing requirements by the summer of this year, with a contract scheduled to be awarded in 2019. My Program Office counterpart and I collaboratively adjusted the scoping document governing the future use of Cadre and SMEs to satisfy a few concerns. We are waiting on the status of the scoping document (after coordination through FAA Tech Labor and NATCA National) to schedule En Route demo work and continue the tower and TRACON efforts. Initial En Route focus groups will be conducted with MITRE and me later this month to ensure that we stay on schedule. Human Factors telcons will begin after securing Cadre (tentatively scheduled for end of March). Upcoming activities: • Weekly/bi-weekly program status and engineering telcons (ongoing); • En Route focus group work with MITRE (scheduled mid-March); • Human Factors workgroups NATCA, FAA, and PASS (scheduled end of March); • En Route demo work with SMEs (pending Cadre/SME scoping document);

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