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AFATDS wins top-five award.


The advanced Field Artillery artillery, originally meant any large weaponry (including such ancient engines of war as catapults and battering rams) or war material, but later applied only to heavy firearms as opposed to small arms.  tactical data system (AFATDS AFATDS Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System (US Army)
AFATDS Army Field Artillery Tactical Data System (US Army)
AFATDS Air Force Airborne Tactical Data System (USAF) 
) won an award for being one of the government's "Top 5 Quality Software Projects" in April. The award was presented at the Systems & Software Technology Conference's (SSTC's) 16th annual symposium symposium

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This symposium attracts systems and software professionals in the Department of Defense (DoD) and government-related industries and academia. AFATDS was selected as one of the top-five programs from 44 nominees. The award recognizes outstanding performance by software teams to promote best practices.

AFATDS is an Army an Marine Corps program but is applicable across all services. Because Soldiers' and Marines' lives depend on AFATDS, rigidly high standards guide the development of its software.
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Date:Sep 1, 2004
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