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C3T incorporates TAK in ITN– provides smaller, lighter, faster, more flexible comm

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From Army.mil: CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind. (Feb. 5, 2019) — From Eastern Europe to across the United States, paratroopers with 1-508th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division (Airborne) are assessing a new concept that is transforming the Army’s tactical network. Known as the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN), the new approach provides smaller, lighter, faster and more flexible communications systems with …

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ATAK Integrates with Army CPCE, MCE

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C4ISRNET Reports ATAK integration with CPCE, MCE: The Army is bringing two software products into the testing environment as the service changes its approach to its new vehicle-based common mission command system, the service’s program manager said. The Mounted Computing Environment will serve as one component of the Army’s eventual common operating environment, which envisions a suite of tools that …

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DOD tests drone ‘hive’ for rapid resupply

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From 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, …

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Smart Radios Connect Ground Robots

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Here’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 …

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Army’s Fort Benning Leverages ATAK

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The Army at Fort Benning has been using ATAK.  Here’s a description from the AWAE Systems book, 2017: The Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) is a tactical SA and C2 application developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The software application runs on any Android operating system using version 4.0.4 or later. It supports planning and executing missions; airborne …

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Nett Warrior Trade Study Chooses ATAK

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The Nett Warrior program commissioned a trade study  a trade study of various mobile mapping solutions over the past  year.  The study was conducted by the Army Geospatial Center, part of the Army Corps of Engineers.  They selected ATAK over others in the field, including ESRI’s CJMTK. One thing that makes this selection particularly noteworthy is that it was selected …

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