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From Government Computer News: Marine Reserves Maj. Christopher Thobaben came up with the idea for an automated system for delivering supplies to troops. He sent a basic sketch to a friend who told him to make it official. “I was very critical of Marine Corps logistics and our innovation since World War II,” Thobaben said. For more than a half-century, …
Drone Deliveries w/ ATAK More
FLIR has a contract to produce micro UAS for the Army. This is the sort of battlefield “Internet of Things” that pairs well with TAK. There’s no word on whether this system will actually be integrated with TAK, but FLIR is a licensee.
US Army To Give Soldiers New 1-Ounce Hidden Weapons That Will Change the Game MoreThis is NOT a story about ATAK, but one of its competitors. One outstanding piece of advice from this article is that you should only use software operationally that’s properly vetted an configured for your system. DO NOT use your personal device operationally — doing so is taking risks you don’t fully understand. Troops who bring their personal tablets and …
Fox News: Hacking risk rises ‘exponentially’ for troops using personal devices, experts warn More
Here: WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) — When Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein asked leaders to “unleash the brilliance in our Airmen,” Air Force Materiel Command answered the call, executing more than $4.6 million in Squadron Innovation Funds in fiscal year 2018. “The ideas came from all levels of our organization. Airmen were motivated …
AF CSAF Funds Security Forces Experiment with TAK MoreHere: EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. — Thanks to a recent innovative idea, the 96th Test Wing’s support and defense unit became its latest developmental test squadron. The 96th Security Forces Squadron Airmen began using a new communication system in their patrol cars called the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) in June. The squadron is the first large security forces unit …
96th SF begins testing TAK For Base Security More
Army’s Nett Warrior program switching to ATAK from its internally developed application to Nett Warrior.
Army’s Nett Warrior Adopts ATAK, TAKServer MoreFrom Defense Systems News: Marine Reserves Maj. Christopher Thobaben came up with the idea for an automated system for delivering supplies to troops. He sent a basic sketch to a friend who told him to make it official. “I was very critical of Marine Corps logistics and our innovation since World War II,” Thobaben said. For more than a half-century, …
DOD tests drone ‘hive’ for rapid resupply MoreHere’s an article on how the Marine Corps is using ATAK for Drone control and resupply. From the article, Since the Civil War, the US military has been famous for wholesale logistics, building “iron mountains” of supplies. But now we might be entering an era of retail, robotic resupply. The Marines pioneered the idea of supply drones with the K-MAX unmanned helicopter in …
ATAK Used by USMC For Drone Control More
Here’s a copy of the Public Release presentation which describes the demo we did at the Air Warfare Symposium in February, 2018. There are several excellent capabilities explicitly revealed that people will be interested in seeing. Here is the slick sheet we handed out at AFA. There are a couple of more slides after the Jump, but you might want …
AFRL Air Warfare Symposium Briefing MoreHere’s a good article on the BATDOK plugin for ATAK, with an excerpt below: The Air Force Research Laboratory has high hopes for a new, smartphone-based medical information software tool that can ingest sensor data for real-time health status monitoring for multiple patients. Researchers launched field testing of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit, or BATDOK in the spring. …
BATDOK “Goes Global” in 2018 More