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<h2 id="program-status">Program status</h2> <p>ACDS Block 0 was deployed in nine <a href="/facts/Aircraft_carrier/90vrSN0V">aircraft carriers</a>, five <a href="/facts/Wasp-class_amphibious_assault_ship/rD8tMGWq"><i>Wasp</i>-class amphibious assault ships</a>, and all five <a href="/facts/Tarawa-class_amphibious_assault_ship/E1wREfNs"><i>Tarawa</i>-class amphibious assault ships</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> The first installation of ACDS Block 1 began in FY 1996 with the aircraft carrier <a href="/facts/USS_Dwight_D._Eisenhower/e4eF7xSD">USS <i>Dwight D. Eisenhower</i></a> and the amphibious assault ship <a href="/facts/USS_Wasp_(LHD-1)/Mn0ATpQy">USS <i>Wasp</i></a>, followed by the aircraft carrier <a href="/facts/USS_John_F._Kennedy_(CV-67)/WnSqzTw5">USS <i>John F. Kennedy</i></a> in 1999 and the amphibious assault ship <a href="/facts/USS_Iwo_Jima_(LHD-7)/x58GNqtQ">USS <i>Iwo Jima</i></a> and the aircraft carrier <a href="/facts/USS_Nimitz/XE2LHJgq">USS <i>Nimitz</i></a> in 2001. ACDS was replaced with the Ship Self-Defense System (<a href="/facts/SSDS/hnBvzgYs">SSDS</a>) Mark 2 as it was fielded across the fleet.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="developermanufacturer">Developer/Manufacturer</h2> <p><a href="/facts/Raytheon/wGGxdMoD">Raytheon</a>, <a href="/facts/San_Diego,_California/YFUP7gB9">San Diego, California</a>. ACDS Block I development, performance, and integration testing: Raytheon; <a href="/facts/Space_and_Naval_Warfare_Systems_Command/xwwqqcTV">SPAWAR</a> Systems Center, San Diego, California; and the Integrated Combat Systems Test Facility (ICSTF) and <a href="/facts/Naval_Surface_Warfare_Center_Port_Hueneme/oHMrtLBA">Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme (NSWC/PHD)</a> (Later, Combat Direction System Activity (CDSA)), <a href="/facts/Dam_Neck/tCAA0lUd">Dam Neck</a>, Virginia.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/H/ZKJ/B0gq96B1">H/ZKJ</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Naval_Tactical_Data_System/1vxmfRpz">Naval Tactical Data System</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Ship_Self-Defense_System/hnBvzgYs">Ship Self-Defense System</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Advanced combat data system". 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