Air Force cancels purchase of 2,861 iPads because of a communist app
23/02/2012 |
A couple weeks ago, we reported that the US Air Force was looking into buying a substantial amount of iPads in order to get rid of all of the paper and charts in their cargo planes, replacing the pilot manuals with electronic versions of the documents.
The deal actually fell through, as NextGov reports the Air Force cancelled its request for bids for 2,861 iPads because of one single application developed in Russia…(...)Read the rest of Air Force cancels purchase of 2,861 iPads because of...
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