[muglo] US Air Force Agrees to Purchase $9 Million Worth of iPads
- From: Frank Birch <fbirch@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:54:28 -0500
US Air Force Agrees to Purchase $9 Million Worth of iPads
Friday March 2, 2012 9:34 am PST by Jordan Golson
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $9.36 million contract to purchase as many as
18,000 iPad 2s, according to Bloomberg. The plan is to replace bulky and heavy
flight bags full of navigational charts and other materials with iPads in order
to reduce the weight of pilots' bags and save fuel on flights.
The Air Mobility Command, which is purchasing the iPads, provides transport and
refueling services using C-5, C-17, and C-130 cargo planes, and KC-10 and
KC-135 tankers.
A number of airlines have begun testing iPads to replace heavy flight bags,
includingUnited, Delta, American, and the Marine Corps.
The iPads will streamline pilots' work by eliminating the need for thumbing
through sheafs of paper or waiting for pages to print. The iPads will reduce
clutter on cramped flight decks and offer quick and easy access to required
data at all times.
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