Why hasn’t ADS been deployed yet to Iraq? Is heat the major issue?
I will let you make that decision. System 1 was built as an advanced concept technology demonstrator (ACTD). It was a technology demonstrator. It met its requirements. The ACTD practically started before 9/11. At that time, with the cost and schedule constraints we had, we had no reason and we had no money to really make a fully temperatured system. A system that can only go to 95 or 100 degrees Fahrenheit without sun loading is probably not appropriate for a lot of regimes right now. [But] we have no more room or weight to try to change System 1 a lot. System 2 has been being built for the last several years and it hasn’t been quite finished yet, even as of today. Do we have a system really ready for the environment that might be being requested? The answer was kind of “no” sometimes. Q: What are the temperature limits now for System 1? For the Humvee-mounted system, System 1, it’s about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. That was totally adequate for the concept technology demonstration. It did
