With the US government sequester underway, many, if not all, federal divisions are seeing budget reductions, with the Department of Defense (DoD) seeing a mandatory 11 percent cut. Electronista has learned that the DoD testing program previously announced at the end of February will continue with Android and iOS devices, leaving BlackBerry 10 devices mostly out in the cold. The change in plan, and the near complete cessation of the BlackBerry 10 testing is said to save the DoD millions in procurement and personnel costs.
