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How do you save $38K in the Navy? Swap a joystick for an X-Box controller... really.
http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/military/navy/dp-nws-navy-subs-x...
The Xbox controller is no different than the ones a lot of crew members grew up playing with. Lockheed Martin says the sailors who tested the controller at its lab were intuitively able to figure out how to use it on their own within minutes, compared to hours of training required for the joystick. The Xbox controller also is significantly cheaper. The company says the photonic mast handgrip and imaging control panel that cost about $38,000 can be replaced with an Xbox controller that typically costs less than $30.
And that saving doesn't even include the cost of the now unneeded extra training...