Air Force Special Operations Command eyes Russian security software for iPads

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120217_4350.php

By Bob Brewin
Nextgov
02/17/2012

When the Air Force Special Operations Command decided to buy 2,861 
made-in-China Apple iPad tablet computers in January to provide flight 
crews with electronic navigation charts and technical manuals, it 
specified mission security software developed, maintained and updated in 
Russia.

The command followed in the path of Alaska Airlines, which in May 2011 
became the first domestic carrier to drop paper charts and manuals in 
exchange for electronic flight bags. Alaska chose the same software, 
GoodReader, developed by Moscow-based Good.iware, to display charts in a 
PDF format on iPads. Delta Air Lines kicked off a test in August for 
electronic flight bags and the carrier said it planned to use GoodReader 
software.

Originally developed for the iPhone, GoodReader won rave reviews, which 
helped make it the best-selling non-Apple iPad app until its developer, 
Yuri Selukoff, quadrupled its price from 99 cents to $4.99. PC Magazine 
said GoodReader "transforms your iPad into the best reader, file manager 
and annotator on the market."

Macworld also raved that Good.iWare, Selukoff's company, "hit a home 
run" when it developed the iPad version. "What adds an extra sparkle to 
GoodReader is that it supports most common document file types, while 
also allowing you to save and view Web pages (either in HTML or Safari 
Web archive format), and download, listen to, or view photos, audio and 
video files," the publication said.

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