“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 ( RTN – news – people )
engineers 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.”
Raytheon Sends Android To Battlefield
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