U.S. Air Force plans to buy 18 thousand iPad

Washington, USA-- United States Air Force plans to buy 18 thousand units of the Apple iPad tablet computer. Its function is to replace manual paper and carried by the pilot.

U.S. Air Force has registered the name iPad in the U.S. government's procurement website. But they are still considering similar products like the BlackBerry Playbook and Samsung Galaxy Tablet.

But the iPad does become the strongest candidate. If the U.S. Air Force iPad so buy in bulk, then Apple will benefit from the plan related to penetrate the government sector after a fairly successful in consumer and business sectors.

Order as many as 18 thousand units of tablet computers are the largest by the military. "This purchase is potentially the biggest government orders to a tablet computer," written in Netgov website.

As quoted from PCMag, Monday (2/13/2012), iPad actually been used by the U.S. military. Soldiers in Afghanistan have used years ago to assist them in mapping the position of the enemy.