Posted by MarkB_MI on September 26, 2017 at 12:55:35 from (198.208.251.23):
In Reply to: US Navy Frugality posted by showcrop on September 26, 2017 at 04:36:30:
It has very little to do with saving money and everything to do with usability. After all, the Navy has already sunk a bunch of money into developing and procuring the existing controllers. But operators find the gaming controllers to be much easier to use than the existing ones, hence the switch.
Also, it is very unlikely that the Navy will actually use off-the-shelf gaming controllers. Every piece of tactical electronic gear aboard a naval vessel has to meet various specifications, and those controllers are no exception. The Navy will probably contract with a supplier to produce a mil-spec version of the Xbox controller (which might be nearly identical to the off-the-shelf version, but certified). It costs a lot of money to deploy a new weapons system component: Manuals have to be updated, it has to be assigned a National Stock Number, spares have to be provisioned, etc. By the time that's done, using the gaming controllers could very will be just as expensive as the old controllers.
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