abcscnge@csuna (Scott Neugroschl) (03/06/89)
From: abcscnge@csuna (Scott Neugroschl) [Mod.note: Note that this is crossposted between sci.military [moderated] and comp.lang.ada. I'd like everyone to reply to Scott by email, rather than following-up, unless you'r certain your information is vital to both groups. I trust Scott will then post a summary of the information he receives. - Bill ] I read in one of the trade rags (I forget which, but a copy is posted on the printer room door at work -- not here :-)) that AFATDS (Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System) completed its FQT with only 31 TR's, all priority 3 or lower. For those who don't know about TR priority, 1 prevents fielding, 2 prevents fielding unless a good explanation can be given, 3 is "affects mission, workaround exists", 4 & 5 are less critical still. Given that AFATDS is (from what I hear) around 1 _Million_ lines of Ada code, and knowing what I know about how the Army tests software, I find this hard to believe. Can anyone give me the straight dope (comp.lang.ada'ers reply by E-mail, I don't subscribe to your group)? Also, does anyone know if Congress has unfrozen/refunded the AFATDS program? -- Scott "The Pseudo-Hacker" Neugroschl UUCP: ...!sm.unisys.com!csun!csuna.csun.edu!abcscnge -- "Beat me, whip me, make me code in Ada" -- Disclaimers? We don't need no stinking disclaimers!!!