Air Force Gives $9 Million Award for as Many as 18,000 IPads

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The U.S. Air Force awarded a $9.36 million contract to buy as many as 18,000 Apple Inc. iPad 2s in one of the military’s largest orders of computer tablets.

Air Mobility Command announced the award today to Executive Technology Inc., a Phoenix-based computer services company, Captain Kathleen Ferrero, a military spokeswoman, said in a telephone interview.