The Theater High Altitude Area Defense, a mobile system of detecting and eliminating enemy missiles, was initiated in 1991 in response to Iraqi scud missiles fired at Israel. The Army had spent $17 billion on the system that was ergonomically undesirable and failed to meet a 1999 Army directive for 96-hour deployment. Carlson Technology's sweeping redesign is a 21st century approach that saves millions of dollars, meets deployment requirements and improves operating conditions.