Royal Naval Seamen to Get All over the PSP

The Royal Navy is to use Sony PSP's to train its weapons specialists using a system designed by Lieutenant-Commander Mark "Beasty" Williams at maritime warfare school at HMS Collingwood in Fareham, Hampshire. That's "Left-tenant" to you.

Says Beasty, “On most ships, the space people have is quite small. Many have bunks with just a couple of feet above. This is the sort of thing that can be used in a bunk space.”

The Times reports that, "The first to receive the devices are marine warfare engineering technicians, who maintain the fleet’s radar, sonar, VHF radio and communications systems. If the PSPs are a success, their distribution could be widened throughout the Navy, starting with air and marine engineers but potentially to many other disciplines."

The PSPs are the "old school" variety though, with UMD because, "I thought if we don’t disable it, it’ll be better looked after", Commander Williams said.

You can also expect the Naval students to break warranty on a bust PSP on the units because, "They are also engineering technicians and would probably be able to fix it themselves."

We expect Nintendo to get into the RAF very soon.