Rugged laptops for military vehicles

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Rugged laptops deliver and process mission-critical information quickly, while being carried in military vehicles in tough terrain. In aircraft and helicopters they suffer from heavy vibrations, dust, and moisture. These rugged laptops have to be tough enough to survive being dropped. “A lot of improvements are around materials management, improving the durability and survivability of the system; how can we look at the way the plastics are designed to absorb more impact?” explains Joe Trickey, rugged mobility and digital forensics marketing manager at Dell Inc. in Round Rock, Texas. In addition to hardware improvements, new applications are being designed to provide more utility to warfighters. A recent example is the Biometric Automated Toolset (BATS) that scans fingerprints and documents at military checkpoints to keep IDs on suspects and keep track of movement. Panasonic’s Collins describes the BATS as “One of the greatest non-invasive tools available to warfighters.”

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