http://www.audioholics.com/news/industry-news/air-force-buys-300-ps3

"This week, the Air Force submitted a formal request for proposal for 300 Playstation3 consoles designated for research. Research? According to the RFP, the Air Force Research Laboratory is conducting a technology assessment of certain cell processors. The processors in the Sony PlayStation 3 are "the only brand on the market that utilizes the specific cell processor characteristics needed for this program at an acceptable cost." There you have it, folks. The Air Force has weighed in and has chosen the Sony Playstation 3.

Of course, leave it to the government to put out a full small business proposal simply to pick up a few hundred products. The proposal is targeted to small businesses under 1000 employees - as if there is some way to actually make money off the sale of 300 Playstation 3's which have an industry-wide retail mark-up of around $0.50 each - of you're lucky (we know, we considered stocking it in the store.) The actual proposal calls for:

Item 1: Sony PlayStation 3 Game Console - 40 GB Hard Drive
Qty: 300
Sony Part Number 98006
Specifications:
Processor: CPU: Cell Broadband Engine. GPU: RSX.
Main Memory: 256MB XDR Main RAM. 256MB GDDR3 VRAM.
Hard Drive: 2.5" Serial ATA Drive- 40GB.
I/O Ports: (4) USB 2.0 ports. Slots for Memory Stick/SD/CompactFlash.
Communication: Ethernet (10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseT). IEEE 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi. Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR). Wireless Controller Bluetooth (up to 7).
A/V Output: Screen Size: 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i, 1080p. HDMI: HDMI Out x 1. Analog: AV Multi-Out x 1. Digital Audio: Optical Digital Out x 1. Blu-ray/DVD/CD Drive "read only".
Accessories: 98040: PS3 Wireless Controller. 98042: PS3 Memory Card Adaptor.
Dimensions: 13.0"w x 3.92"h x 11.0"d.

Well, they got the specs right and it almost makes the game system sound fancy. What we really wonder is the nature of this research. I mean, if I had $120,000 to blow (or risk losing that money in next year's budget - ah government efficiency) I'd be tempted to "research" the PS3 as well. In fact, I'd be tempted to get an entire division to "research it". Maybe chalk it up to morale research or coordination testing.

 Just thought this was kind of interesting, I wonder what kind of "research" they will use them for?

This confirms it, people arn't buying the PS3 to play games.

^ Except for all the people that do. Generalizations can be very dangerous.

Dupe:

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=19510

It was a joke mate.

 so what people have been saying is true, you are a troll, not as good as the great Troll_Monster but a troll none the less.

If by people, you mean you, moneybags, pooperscooper and the commonly held hardcore, fanatical Sony fanboys, then, yes, you are not alone in labelling me a fanboy.

Seriously, you come in with 70 posts and accuse me of being a troll over a single, obvious joke post.

Lighten up Jake the Fake. 

"so what people have been saying is true, you are a troll"

Oh come on he made a joke. Get over it. And an obvious one at that. The only thing that missed was the /sarcasm tag.

 LoLz labelling is fun. XD

I heard it is illegal to export PS2s to third world countries because the technology would allow them to develop dangerous weapons or something.

With a few PS3s they'd probably be able to make an atomic bomb.