Responding to troop demands for modern communications capabilities on the battlefield, the American NSA (National Security Agency) has created a version of the cell phone/tablet Android operating system suitable for combat use. SE (Security Enhanced) Android is based on a SE Linux that NSA developed 12 years ago. NSA has been active for decades in “hardening” PC operating systems. Since Android is based on Linux, NSA had a head start in creating SE Android.
SE Android is the last key element the U.S. Army needs to move commercial smart phones and tablets onto the battlefield. The troops have been clamoring for a combat smart phone, and last year the army began field testing the Atrix smart phone and Galaxy tablet. Both use Android and are designated as NWEUD (Nett Warrior End-User Device) by the military.
“Nett Warrior” (after Medal of Honor winner Robert Nett) will drop the wearable computer and replace it with a smart phone/tablet version (NWEUD). What makes this possible is SE Android, which provides the security (from enemy eavesdropping, hacking and such) problems that plague commercial cell phones and tablets.
via Strategy Page, continued here.
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