Kal Korff

U.S. Air Force Mobility Command to Buy 18,000 iPads

by Kal K. Korff
Internationally Syndicated Copyright 2012 by Kal K. Korff - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

The United States Air Forces Air Mobility Command plans to buy as many as 18,000 iPads as the US government as a whole continues its aggressive plans to standardize on Apples iOS mobile platform, which includes using and deploying the industry leading iPhone smartphone, iPod Touch and iPad tablet computer. When American president Barack Obama first came to office, he was a living , walking commercial for RIMs BlackBerry platform since he used a BlackBerry smartphone as his mobile device of choice. Fast forward to last year, when Obama met with legendary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who gave the American president a free Apple iPad 2 shortly before its official release. Obama met Jobs and other industry heavyweights at a luncheon in Silicon Valley. Other hi tech luminaries present were Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of FaceBook, and Larry Ellison, who created Oracle. The purpose of the dinner was to give Obama input into how to stimulate the US economy and create jobs and improve tax revenues. Jobs sat next to Obama, by all accounts. Obama has since said that he loves his iPad and has said that he often learns about the latest world news developments from it. Numerous photos of him carrying it in his hands to and from Air Force 1 and the presidential helicopter Marine 1 have appeared in the media. Several months ago, the US government indicated that it has decided that Apples iOS platform is its preferred choice. After undergoing rigorous testing, it has passed with flying colors.

As a result, the US Air Force and the pentagon have begun deploying iPhones and iPads to their military personnel. The latest entity to do so is the Air Forces Air Mobility Command who has stated that they intend to purchase as much as 18,000 units. The Air Forces sudden interest in using the iPad comes from Boeings Jeppeson Mobile division, which makes the popular iPad based software FliteDeck. Boeings Jeppeson offers software solutions for military needs in aviation, sea and land. Scheduled to be released any moment, the company confirmed to the Daily Post that it is releasing a beefed up military version which offers real-time data integration with Jeppesens Data Distribution and Management System delivering a fully interactive enroute paper replacement solution. The average iPad is pre-loaded with the equivalent of over 500 sheets of paper which normally would contain maps and geo coordinates for targeting and display. By typing in a simple four digit code, the Boeing software immediately displays a map and visually zooms into the desired area for real-time feedback. If more detail is needed, users just pinch and zoom to their desired location. Last summer, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved the use of iPads for commercial airplanes. Since then, American Airlines, Continental and Air India are all making the switchover. By using an iPad, it saves weight on a plane or helicopter, bulky papers are instead replaced by a single iPad which weighs just over a pound. The average airline saves just over one million dollars a year in fuel costs and efficiency when using iPads versus paper-based forms which have to them be re-keyed into a computer. iPads saw their first use in combat in the Afghanistan theater of operations when the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing included them on Harrier jets and KC-130 aircraft. 1.0v1 January 28, 2012 Kal K. Korff is an officially accredited internationally known author, columnist and investigative journalist.

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