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HTA Delivers SURVIVE

 

(LAS CRUCES, NM—July 1, 2004) Horton Technical Associates, Inc. (HTA) announces delivery of the SURVIVE item-level performance model to the U.S. Army.

“SURVIVE is a Java-based software application designed to support development of the next generation of ground combat vehicles,” said William D. Horton, President of HTA. “Today’s combat environment is extremely lethal, and there appear to be numerous opportunities to use advanced technologies to protect soldiers from multiple types of threats.”

Horton continued, “To understand the capabilities and limitations of these technologies, you have to understand how they will interact with other systems. With SURVIVE, analysts can examine key engagement processes. We believe the model will provide new insights about the impact that advanced technologies can have on ground combat operations.”

HTA’s success with SURVIVE is due to the company’s unique approach to software design and engineering. “Most software development efforts run into cost and schedule problems because the developer has difficulty accommodating requirements or adapting to change”, Horton continued. “With SURVIVE, we used a process called ‘XTreme Software Development’. This process allows us to concurrently design, code, test, and document the application. It’s very responsive to customer needs, and it allows us to accommodate mid-course changes that would have adversely affected other software development efforts.”

“SURVIVE contains almost 200,000 lines of code,” concluded Horton, “But our team delivered the complete application, along with documentation, in only nine months. Given the model’s size and complexity, I think we proved that XTreme Software Development works. In fact, I think we might have set a record for software development.”

Horton Technical Associates, Incorporated (HTA) is a private company owned by a service-disabled veteran and provides technical and software development and engineering support services to U.S. Department of Defense agencies involved with the design of advanced weapons systems and technologies. Since its inception in 1999, HTA has provided Operations Research, Weapons System Analysis, Modeling and Simulation, and Software Engineering and Development support for the U.S. Army.

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