Editing Air Defense Anti-Tank System (section)

=== US Army evaluation ===
[[File:ADATS fording.jpg|thumb|Evaluation in 1987 on a Bradley chassis, with a 25 mm [[autocannon]]]]
The ADATS cropped up from an extensive competition during which it was selected by the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] for the forward area air-defense (FAAD)<ref>[https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/chaparral.htm MIM-72 / M48 Chaparral Forward Area Air-Defense System [FAADS<nowiki>]</nowiki>], Federation of American Scientists Web site. Accessed 2 January 2007.</ref> program under the designation ''MIM-146'' for the missile. The US Army planned to purchase 387 systems.<ref name=DevoirMilliard /> Test results indicated that the system did not perform well in inclement weather. Ultimately the FAAD contract was cancelled in the early 1990s after the end of the Cold War.