Android Goes To the Battlefield

wiseandroid writes "Google's mobile operating system Android has won plenty of adherents among cellphone makers and gadget manufacturers since its 2007 debut. Now defense contractor Raytheon is preparing it for a more urgent mission: saving lives in places like Afghanistan and Pakistan. Using Android software tools, Raytheon engineers have built a basic application for military personnel that combines maps with a buddy list. Raytheon calls the entire framework the Raytheon Android Tactical System, or RATS for short. Mark Bigham, a vice president of business development in Raytheon's Intelligence and Information Systems unit, says the company selected Android because its open source nature made developing applications easy."

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Re:Saving lives??

[Philip K Dickhead]

Sure. The Wehrmacht mission always looks good - compared to the Waffen SS.

Hope you had fun avoiding the White Phosphorus and DU war-crimes in Fallujah.