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The US Army has installed PRIDE (Pulse Radar Intelligent Diagnostic Environment), a diagnostic expert system developed by Carnegie Group (Pittsburgh, PA), in Saudi Arabia in support of Operation Desert Storm. PRIDE is said to be the first diagnostic expert system ever put in the field by the US Army. American Airlines (Dallas, TX) has developed an expert system - Maintenance Operation Control Advisor (MOCA) - to ensure that every Super 80 (DC-9) airplane meets the airline's and the FAA's aircraft maintenance requirements. Nova Technology (Bethesda, MD), a new company founded by Naval Research Center scientist Harold Szu, plans to commercialize neural networks made from high-performance superconductors. Inference (El Segundo, CA) has named Peter Tierney CEO and president.