Say It Aint So: USAF AFSOC iPads, Russian Security Software and National Security
Thursday, February 23, 2012 at 8:01 
UPDATED: AFSOC has Cancelled the USAF iPad Order!
News, of the latest lame-brained software provisioning decisions by our Department of the Air Force. This time, Air Force Special Operations Command [AFSOC] is contemplating the purchase of a large-ish number of licenses for Apple Inc. (NadsdaqGS: AAPL) iPad ‘security’ software, via Russian developers… What could possibly go wrong? Not to mention the utilization of embedded software risks on Chinese manufactured chip sets resident within the hardware platform itself… Astounding.
“…When the Air Force Special Operations Command decided to buy 2,861 made-in-China Apple iPad tablet computers in January to provide flight crews with electronic navigation charts and technical manuals, it specified mission security software developed, maintained and updated in Russia….” via Nextgov’s Bob Brewin
