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Syzygy Integration offers a wide array of ATAK, TAKServer, plugin, radio and other TAk-related services and training, including a TAKServer evaluation program. Screenshot of services after the jump.
Syzyzy Integration TAKServer Subscriptions MoreSamsung touts support of ATAK in Galaxy S9 — Tactical Edition in its recent announcement of the S9 Tactical Edition, including support for classified use and tactical radio integration. Here.
Samsung touts support of ATAK in Galaxy S9 — Tactical Edition MoreNational Guard Magazine has an article that covers some of their use of ATAK during last year’s hurricanes. Here is the relevant portion, and some discussion of FirstNet.Gov. We expect to put TAKServer and ATAK-Civ in the FirstNet Store “soon”. You can also find a copy of this article in pdf format here (see the last two pages). Force Tracker When …
National Guard Touts ATAK Use in Hurricanes MoreHere’s an article from Microwaves and RF Magazine covering Persistent Systems’ MPU5 MANET radio (a great radio). It talks about the fact that the radios are interoperable with ATAK, and that it allows control of Unmanned Ground Systems, but it doesn’t actually say that the robots are controlled by ATAK. Here’s the article: Robots are playing larger roles in military …
Smart Radios Connect Ground Robots MoreGoTenna announced that they have integrated their GoTenna Pro off-grid radios with ATAK, including ATAK-Civ. Android Team Awareness Kit (ATAK) The leading situational awareness and C2 application for U.S. Special Forces. Developed and maintained by the Air Force Research Labs and SOCOM. Extend your team’s geographic presence as ATAK nodes without cell, wifi, satellites.
GoTenna Announces ATAK Integration MoreWildfire Today has a short article on the Colorado division of Fire Prevention and Control’s evaluation of ATAK, here. To me, the best part of this is that its filed under “Colorado, Holy Grail”. The Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control is working on a system that could assist wildland firefighters on the ground by reporting their location as well …
Wildfire Today Covers CO use of TAK MorePersistent Systems announced its new radio, the MPU-5, which ships with the current version of ATAK-Civ. Here’s the spec sheet on the radio itself, and here’s a quick summary:
New Persistent Systems Radio Ships w/ ATAK MoreATAK’s use in the hurricanes got some good coverage, because it had civilian users from around the area working with State and Local users. Here’s an article from the 24th Special Operations Wing Special Tactics News. “We hit the ground running, and immediately had to begin adapting,” said the mission commander. One of those adaptions was quickly learning how to …
24 SOW, Many Others Leverage ATAK for Hurricane Relief MoreThis article from SUAS News is nominally about the Army’s decision to ban use of DJI drones in the Army, and their subsequent walking back of that decision. However, it also says, “The Android Tactical Assault Kit will become the ground control station (GCS) of choice when a DJI plugin has passed OPSEC (Operational Security) scrutiny.”
ATAK to control DJI Drones MoreThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been working with the New York City Police Department’s Counterterrorism unit to evaluate TAK for First Responder use. They are evaluating ATAK, TAKServer and WinTAK. From the Article: The Department of Homeland Security Science (DHS) Technology Directorate (S&T) partners with first responders to gauge capability gaps and leverage existing technologies.
NYPD Tests ATAK, goTenna More