The Pentagon Unveils It's Plan For Smart Phones, Tablets, And Other Mobile Devices

Pentagon Unveils Plan To Tap Potential Of Mobile Devices -- Reuters

(Reuters) - The Pentagon unveiled a plan on Tuesday to ultimately enable the Defense Department's 600,000 users of smartphones, computer tablets and other mobile devices to rapidly share classified and protected data using the latest commercial technologies.

The system aims to quickly enable the latest technologies to be securely used by the military while remaining "device agnostic," said Major General Robert Wheeler, a Defense Department deputy chief information officer.

That sets the stage for an intensified struggle for Pentagon customers among BlackBerry devices, Apple's iPhones or iPads, and units using Google's Android platform.

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More News On The Pentagon Unveiling It's Plans For Smart Phones, Tablets, And Other Mobile Devices

DoD releases new plan for mobile devices -- Army Times
Pentagon Details Mobile Plan to Support 600,000 End Users -- Nextgov
Despite Security Issues, Pentagon Clears Android, iOS for Duty -- TechNewsWorld
More support for Apple, Google at Pentagon could spell problems for BlackBerry -- ZDNet
Pentagon to open networks to iOS, Android devices in 2014 -- Apple Insider
Pentagon will open networks for Android in early 2014 -- Android Community
Sending top secret information? There's an app for that -- CNN

Coming Soon To The Defense Department: Android-Based Smart Phones And Tablets Capable Of Handling Classified Information

The Pentagon Is Expanding Its Smartphone For Spies Program -- Foreign Policy

While the rest of the DC press corps is talking about Chuck Hagel's qualifications to be the next defense secretary, Killer Apps is lucky enough to be writing about smart phones. Secret smart phones, that is. That's right, the National Security Agency and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) are set to expand the program that gives government officials Android-based smart phones and tablets capable of handling classified information.

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My Comment: The Pentagon is so far behind the curve on this one .... but at least they are catching up.

How To Get A Military-Grade Secure Smartphone

The Saife Defender X1, a smartphone with military-grade security and encryption. (Ascent Rugged Mobile / SAIFE)

How Civilians Can Get Military-Grade Secure Smartphones -- FOX News

Want a James Bond-style smartphone?

The new James Bond thriller “Skyfall” has just launched -- and so has a military-grade smartphone that you don’t need a Q to get your hands on. Use it and your conversations, texts and data will be secure even in extreme conditions.

Cummings Engineering has partnered with veteran-owned small business Ascent Rugged Mobile to launch the SAIFE Defender with the tagline “Rugged on the outside. Safe on the inside.”

The companies say they are giving civilians access for the first time to an ultra-rugged Android device with secure digital communications.

“We want to be the Swiss Army knife of secure mobile applications for the military and law enforcement communities,” said Cummings Engineering’s Darren Cummings.

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My Comment: I want one.

U.S. Military On The Hunt For Safe And Secured Smartphones

U.S. Military Hunts For Safe Smartphones For Soldiers -- New York Times

The military has long needed computers that are tough enough on the outside to withstand the rough and tumble of the battlefield. Now, with the proliferation of smartphones and tablets in the hands of soldiers, those devices also have to be strong on the inside. They are loaded with contacts, location information and all kinds of military-grade applications, so it can be deadly for a soldier to lose a mobile device or have its data leak out unwittingly.

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My Comment: I guess past talk of limiting access of smart phones to soldiers who are deployed in a combat zone is now just that .... past talk.