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The Griffiss Institute is sponsoring a virtual “Takathon” over the next six weeks focusing on civilian uses of TAK for large scale events. The prize will be $20,000! This Hackathon focuses on what TAK does best: This challenge invites participants to transform the coordination of large-scale public events using advanced technology like ATAK and CivTAK. The challenge focuses on enhancing …
$20,000 CivTAK Hackathon!!! MoreHere’s a great video on how James Bond could leverage TAK for Urban operations by T.RexLabs. Its both humorous and very informative. I do a lot of these already, but I also learned a few things. (T.Rex — Fire escapes are great maps to capture. Also, you should mention TAK Tracker).
How James Bond Would use TAK MoreUpdate (9/20/2023): The KnowML APis have been publicly released. They are in the Google Drive link below. The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is planning to conduct an “Ask Me Anything” regarding its currently pre-released Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) topics to try and integrate Machine Learning to the TAK enterprise. (Link to some public documents related to the topics …
Public Documents mentioned in SIBR 23- More
HandsFree Group releases First Responder COP Featuring ATAK.
Hands-Free, Vehicle Mounted Comm/Situational Awareness — TAK Compatible MoreTech News announced that Samsung announced a new S23-Tactical device for military and emergency responder use with night vision mode and integration with tactical radios. It is of course ATAK-compatible. From the article: Samsung has introduced Tactical Edition of its flagship phones Samsung Galaxy S23 and Galaxy XCover 6 Pro, which have been designed keeping in mind the US military. …
Samsung Announces S23 Tactical More
FTS used by NATO.
FTS Supports Slovenian Military MoreThis TAK Best Practices guide from MyTechNet discusses how to secure your system from multiple levels Some of these are what I’d think of as user best-practices (e.g. use a VPN and SSH), but it also goes into ports, firewalls, certificates and some other topics useful for securing your system. There are also several other solid In-depth articles on Building …
TAK Best Practices Security Guide More
Here’s an interesting article from GPS World, titled “Experts urge jamming detection network – Free webinar shows easy method using smartphones” on using a set of connected phones to detect GPS jammers and spoofers. The President’s National Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board … recommends that … “The group’s most recent recommendation is to implement a detection network based on …
ATAK & GPS? More
From LinkedIn:
AR TAK Video MoreThe TAK Product Center (TPC) “TAK Server” has been released and open-sourced to the public and available for download at https://tak.gov and GitHub. TAK Server is a tactical information management platform that provides data access and encryption across disparate networks. TAK Server secures, brokers, and stores data in standalone and federated configurations. Here’s the full announcement from the Director of …
TAK Server released and open-sourced to the public. More