The Defense Department has just chosen the Android phone to develop an app for "use in tactical operations by the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps". Weighing two pounds, the Joint Battle Command-Platform (JBC-P Handheld) is going to essentially become an android phone for the military. By entering information of an enemy that has been spotted, the information will be transfered to the other team and warn them, as well as giving them all the information. "We're trying to set this program up so that it can rapidly adapt and maintain relevance to the current warfighting generation," Daniels said.
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http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Army-Marine-Corps-Android-Phone,news-10946.html
This is awesome! After all these discussions in class where we talked about this happening it finally happened! This will be very beneficial to soldiers and I believe that in the future the technology is just going to get better. Especially in war, it is very very dangerous and a app like this could potentially save someones life.
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