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“In early trials at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire, troops have learned the jargon and procedures more quickly than before, when they were sat listening to lessons from instructors,” Taylor reports. “They’re using the iPad back at base in Wiltshire to sharpen their skills. But the investment in iPads comes at a time when the armed forces are facing budget cuts.”
“Major Rich Gill is an army training officer, who has been involved in rolling out the app,” Taylor reports. “Major Gill insists the move is good value for money as it saves on other costs like printing reference guides and manuals. He told Newsbeat that 15 other options were considered and denies that using Apple’s gadget is a gimmick: “That was one of the first things we considered and it’s not about the gimmicky side of it. ‘You can get all the material that you need on there at the right time and it’s really mobile as well. At the time this project came about this was the best bit of hardware on the market.'”
Taylor reports, “The same team is also working on a 3D app for army pilots, who have to learn to recognise different vehicles from the air as part of their training.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Graham F.” for the heads up.]
Kudos to the Brits and the choice they made in selecting the IPad and Apple for developing such a great mobile device. Now if only IPad had weapons launch capabilities against those SOB Taliban .
“Now if only IPad had weapons launch capabilities against those SOB Taliban.”
Announcing the new Ender’s Game app…
Really like to know what kind of case they are using for protection in the field. It’s sure to be really rugged.
Point and tap!
They really need to stick this on the App Store. Every penny earned helps the UK budget deficit
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In Star Trek, quite often characters refer to slate type devices for studying, reading, accessing information. Multiple units stacked, like they were inexpesive note pads. I believe the iPad is just that unit, useful in a dedicated function, cheap, light weight.
If only they were $10.
Numan!
Gives new meaning to the expression “Double Tap”!
I want that app!
Joe
It does.