According to recent CNN reports, the US government and military plan to adopt a custom Android platform along with a few federal contractors and agencies. According to reports last year, the US deparment of Defense approved a Dell build of Android 2.2 in December 2011 and also expected Android to be approved for military networks.
Michael McCarthy, Army director told CNN that the Army has been testing and trying out touchscreen devices for about two years and plans to ship 50 more phones and 75 tablets to soldiers overseas this March.
Further, the reports also included that the US is starting with custom modification of Android’s kernel, giving users fine-grained control over which data and applications will be used. These phones are expected to help provide officials detailed reports, and what type of data each application will utilize, and also permit the user to allow or deny each data transmission request.
Later, the US plans to install its customized software on commercially available phones that will ultimately support any type of smartphone for government use. The US will also be allowing each and every version of the Android OS to be certified once for all federal agencies, giving a completely unique approach. The success of this plan will help US workers gain wider choices than the market provides them in their lives.
