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Number crunching - Beating the Taleban
BOWMAN
// Bowman provides a tactical voice and data communications system for joint operations across the British Armed Forces in support of land and amphibious operations.
The procurement cost of the supply and (initial) support phase for Bowman is approximately £1.9 billion and the current acquisition cost of the whole project is £2.4 billion. //
iPHONE APP
// An app for the iPhone that uses its camera, compass and GPS coordinates to photograph, map and plot Taliban positions before sending the data to support units, has been developed by a US artillery captain.
Captain Jonathan Springer has invested £20,000 in perfecting the system, called Tactical Nav which can be downloaded from iTunes for £3.49. //
http://www.telegraph....aliban-positions.html
How many hellicopters and bullet proof vests could you buy for £2.4billion?
// Bowman provides a tactical voice and data communications system for joint operations across the British Armed Forces in support of land and amphibious operations.
The procurement cost of the supply and (initial) support phase for Bowman is approximately £1.9 billion and the current acquisition cost of the whole project is £2.4 billion. //
iPHONE APP
// An app for the iPhone that uses its camera, compass and GPS coordinates to photograph, map and plot Taliban positions before sending the data to support units, has been developed by a US artillery captain.
Captain Jonathan Springer has invested £20,000 in perfecting the system, called Tactical Nav which can be downloaded from iTunes for £3.49. //
http://www.telegraph....aliban-positions.html
How many hellicopters and bullet proof vests could you buy for £2.4billion?
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