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TAKServer has always been harder to setup than I’d like. It looks like there’s a much easier way to do it now. This looks like an important advance in the TAK ecosystem to me. I REALLY urge you to check it out if you want to setup your own server and associated systems (LDAP, video, server plugins, etc) Infra-TAK (TAK …
The Easy Way To Setup TAK (A Must-Read) More
This short video fom ABC News February 17 reports that CTI’s BlueFly integrating with ATAK (really from their promo video), and that the investigation used it in an attempt to detect personal signals from her pacemaker near her house. Nothing was discovered.
TAK, BlueFly & The Guthrie Investigation More
50x smaller/faster (TAK) Voice Comms (Bytes/Sec!). AI-powered. Translation-Capable. Simple Setup. This project is a total game-changer for anyone operating in bandwidth-starved environments. Thanks to the groundbreaking work by AFRL, Certus, and RTX/BBN, we are seeing a revolution in low-bandwidth voice chat. We’ve moved past Megabits and Kilobits—this voice technology is measured in Bytes per second. Why This Matters Current voice …
Very Low Bandwidth Voice Comms More
AFRL developed some TAK-based tools for finding missing people — from lost hikers to downed pilots. They’ve made the civilian components public — both as a web based tool (separate post) and here as an ATAK plugin. This YouTube video explains how to use the tool and includes a link to Google Drive for the APK (This will eventually go …
Search & Rescue Plugin Released More
This press release from GoTAK announces that the Malaysian Air Force SOF-PASKU has adopted TAK and that GoTAK is supporting TaaS (TAK as a Service), with GoTAK providing the expertise, integration and training under the control and direction of the Malaysian Air Force. This provides the United States with the ability to collaborate and interoperate seamlessly with a significant strategic …
TaaS Contractor Supports Malasia’s AF SOF More
This article from LinkedIn by Michael Lickliter, from the Corona, CA Fire Highlights the value of adopting the TAK Ecosystem for Public Safety, with a focus on UAS, but showing how all of public Safety integrates with TAK, with an additional discussion with some of the states and municipalizes using the TAK ecosystem to their cost-effective benefit. Mike Did a …
TAK- The Free High-Powered UAS Ecosystem Transforming Public Safety More
I saw this LM-generated explainer that goes well with This recent article on TAK and public safety. This was generated by Google’s Notebook LM (a great tool!) possibly from the same article.
TAK Public Safety Explainer More
This article from Medium on TAK for civil use very well. It focuses on Texas DPS which is doing a great job at using TAK at scale.
TAK & The Tactical Situational awareness Revolution Transforming Emergency Response More
The United Kingdom and new NATO member Finland conducted a joint exercise in snowy Vousanka near the Russian border with a total of 3,000 solders. They used TAK as the tactical command nad control collaboration tool.
UK, Finland Exercise Arctic- Interoperability w/TAK More