New offerings from Raytheon — militarized iPhones, iPod Touches, and Android-powered smartphones — can display full-motion video, store multiple applications and grant access to the Defense Department’s new Distributed Common Ground System intelligence-sharing network, and will cost about $300 each.

Since the capabilities of the devices are all software-based, applications can be easily added and removed to meet mission requirements, according to the company. With the development of the Joint Tactical Radio System network, smartphones could potentially grant warfighters unprecedented access to intelligence in the field that would normally require multiple devices.

Software developed for the Android operating system could also be expanded to other platforms such as tablet PCs, according to Keith Little, a Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems spokesman.

“We have developed a situational awareness application based on military messaging standards that provide multimedia access, audio and textual point of interest, free text messaging, collaborative planning, spot reports and emergency call for fire,” said Tushar Patel, director of Advanced Programs and Technology at Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems.

Raytheon engineers have also developed applications for intelligence collection and analysis, such as license plate recognition, streaming video camera feed and biometric collection, including facial recognition software, according to the company.

Raytheon’s smartphones would have increased durability to withstand operations in harsh climates like Iraq and Afghanistan.