The US Military Takes Android Back onto the Battle Field Thanks to Raytheon
Oh, Android. We love how you can break away from your phone roots and adapt yourself to many uses. You’re used in eReaders, tablets, cars, televisions, and even appliances. You once even enlisted into the armed forces, and now you’re ready, willing, and able to do it all over again.
This time, Raytheon is back at the blueprint table with plans to create Android-based software that would allow personnel to spot enemies, pull down surveillance images from a satellite or image-capturing drone, recognize faces, and more. The contractor praises Google for their help in realizing Android’s potential which allowed them to “push the limits of the phone.”
Which phone they’re talking about wasn’t revealed, but let’s put this into perspective: Raytheon’s Android Tactical System (RATS) was in development back when the T-Mobile G1 was the lone ranger in the Android world. Looking at today’s army of phones (pun definitely not intended) we can’t imagine what kind of limits they’ll be attempting to push next.
[Reuters via Androinica]