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\section{Summary}  We report on the state of observing for the VLA FRB project, also known as 13B-409 and 14A-425. In the The  first 76 hours was observed under an approved DDT proposal (13B-409)  and detected no events. FRBs.  Comparing our rate constraint to published rates revealed inconsistencies that led to an overestimate of the FRB rate. We discuss an improved rate estimate and find that completing the 147-hour campaign under program 14A-425 will give us a 50\% chance at detecting an FRB. Our first stage of VLA observations have already highlighted the value of using an interferometer to define a robust FRB rate limit. Raising the priority of 14A-425 will help us complete observing and improve our chances of making the first interferometric detection of an FRB. \section{Current Status} 

\caption{Survey Fields}  \centering  \begin{tabular}{cccccc}  Name & RA (J2000) & Dec (J2000) & DatesObserved  & Configurations Configs  & Time (hrs) \\ \hline RA02 & 2:27:52.7 & +9:13:24.3 &25  Sep 2013 & reconfig & 2 \\ CDF-South & 3:32:28.0 & --27:48:30.0 &25--26  Sep 2013 & reconfig & 4 \\ RA05 & 5:04:37.0 & --30:50:0.1 &13  Sep 2013 --13  Jan 2014 & CnB, B & 10, 6 \\ COSMOS & 10:00:28.6 & +2:12:21.0 &18  Nov --9  Dec 2013 & B & 10 \\ RA12 & 12:00:7.2 & +5:53:12.0 &12--13  Dec 2013 & B & 4 \\ FRB120127 & 23:15:00 & --18:25:00 &25  Sep 2013 --6  Jan 2014 & reconfig, B & 4, 36 \\ \hline %{"B" configuration has baseline lengths up to 11 km; "CnB" is a hybrid configuration between C and B; "reconfig" refers to the period when antennas were being moved from CnB to B configuration.}  \end{tabular}  \label{fields}