Air Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems Out or Patchy for 1 month.

Hi ATS so the news is this :

Due to military activities, the TCAS and ADS-B surveillance may be unreliable in the airspace over Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, and extending approximately 200 nautical miles offshore, from 1 a.m. EDT (0500z) Sept. 2 until midnight EDT (0459z) on Oct. 1.

Pilots are advised that the traffic alert and TCAS may fail to establish tracks on nearby aircraft and may fail to receive traffic alerts (TA) or resolution advisories (RA). Operators should be aware that tracks may first appear within close proximity to their aircraft, and may immediately go into TA/RA status.

Pilots are advised to maintain an increased visual awareness in this area. If operators believe that an aircraft should have triggered an alert, the incident should be reported to air traffic control as soon as possible.

This is due to a late notice Department of Defense exercise, and NBAA has voiced its concern to the FAA that these sort of significant impact tests need much more notice to operators in the NAS.

Maybe i am jumping to conclusions but surely this is bad news.

Going a whole month almost with the TCAS down or patchy makes me wonder why they only have 1 of these systems if its so important. Might it be a setup for a false flag? There has been a lot of talks about September and this will add to the speculation. I wonder also what type of military exercise is needed to take this thing out?

Stay safe ATS and stay grounded

Source

Flying Magazine has mentioned this as well.

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The FAA is warning pilots flying in the Southeast that ADS-B and TCAS traffic avoidance technology will be disrupted the entire month of September from Virginia to Florida because of "military activities."

The National Business Aviation Association is complaining that such testing needs to be preceded by more warning. The FAA's NOTAM on the signal disruption was posted less than 24 hours before the tests started on September 2.

But does not mention Ending on Oct 1

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