http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/ Engadget Comments for Raytheon's iPhone app will track enemy combatants in real time http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
:?]]>Dec 16th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/are you that ignorant to believe that the iphone is only availabe in the US?]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 11:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 17th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
Ah you see, that's where Haliburton comes in.

You destroy the country, then get your buddies Milt-billion dollar contracts to "rebuild"]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
Exactly!! You have to destroy in order to build... or make $$.

BTW, I wonder if the extreme fanboy would enlist just to have this app?]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/It's par for the course, although I am surprised they would bother trying to get the military to use new fangled anything.]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/19/android-google-military-technology-wireless-raytheon.html?partner=technology_newsletter]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
Hey, we've got lives on the line here and we need to pick a reliable, secure mobile operating system. .....so like, I'm thinking either Symbian or Windows..]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 18th 2009 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/mmmmm.... falafels!]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.newsweek.com/id/194623

As for your points, have you ever tried changing a cellphone battery in a sandstorm while wearing gloves? Something sleeve-like like an mophie would be a lot more practical.

The article goes into the training and procurement of using the most popular mobile computing device, and multitasking is not an advantage in this scenario. ]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Because the soldiers are always going to have their gloves on...

soldiers aren't in a constant state of "fighting". There are upswings and downswings in action. I'd say a replaceable battery would be pretty much be a better use than some battery life extension sleeve]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/and no, I didn't RTFA]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/It also ties in with the comms systems and everything else. I can't see them getting rid of a new several billion pound investment for the sake of a flimsy, plastic/glass device which could quite easily fail without warning.
Do I have an iPhone? Yes.
Would I trust it in a conflict environment? No.]]>Dec 16th 2009 10:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=2281001 ]]>Dec 16th 2009 11:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 16th 2009 11:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Come on, Raytheon. What are you asking for, a fricking ROBOT PHONE?!]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/
http://mobile.engadget.com/2009/10/21/raytheon-deploying-android-powered-rats-on-battlefields-in-afgha/

http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/19/android-google-military-technology-wireless-raytheon.html?partner=technology_newsletter]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Need an iraqi insurgent crushed? It does that.
Need a hole punched through an Afghan terrorist? It does that too. So instead of a smart phone, you need a Robot Phone. A phone that Does.
Does have a giant screen. Does run thousands of Android apps with axle-greased ease. Does swap semi-functional giggling brat vanity for a Bareknuckles Bucket of Does.

Raytheon. We Dead Things.]]>Dec 17th 2009 12:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuyDsNsK7sk]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/iphone.pdf) does not apply here?]]>Dec 17th 2009 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/iPhone is a gadget
Soldiers sitting in a stake out get bored and play with their iPhones

See the logic flow? This is not meant to be a widely-distributed hardware/software solution. More like "let's leverage whatever resources are already available and make things easier for our soldiers"]]>Dec 17th 2009 11:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 17th 2009 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 17th 2009 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/16/raytheons-iphone-app-will-track-enemy-combatants-in-real-time/Dec 17th 2009 5:38PM