ThrockCorp Training Brief
ThrockCorp, a TAK licensee, published a brief on what they offer.
ThrockCorp Training Brief MoreAuthor: TAKCiv Bot
ATAK wins Regional Technology Transfer Award
Here: Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate (AFRL/RI) and Griffiss Institute (GI) were recently honored during the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for Technology Transfer’s Northeast Regional Meeting at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Upton, New York, this past September. The Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate was bestowed with two awards. The FLC Regional Coordinator’s Excellence Award went to Franklin E. …
ATAK wins Regional Technology Transfer Award MoreATAK(R) Trademark Registered
The ATAK Registered Trademark to the United States Air Force has been issued.
ATAK(R) Trademark Registered MoreArmy’s Fort Benning Leverages ATAK
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 …
Army’s Fort Benning Leverages ATAK MoreStanford H4D Report, Video
The Stanford H4D program leveraged ATAK last summer. Here’s a long form article titled “I SAW THE FUTURE OF DEFENSE IN CALIFORNIA, AND IT’S COMING TO A UNIVERSITY NEAR YOU” from War on The Rocks.com. One of the big insights from the video was that the last thing the user needs is yet another system. They list users as SOCOM, …
Stanford H4D Report, Video MorePar Gets AFRL ATAK Contract
According to this article, Par Government Systems was awarded a contract to work on the Special Tactics-Tactical Assault Kit for AFSOC. Here’s the article: PAR Technology’s wholly-owned subsidiary has been awarded a research and development contract with the US Air Force (USAF) Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate for the special tactics tactical assault kit (ST-TAK) programme. AFRL is developing a …
Par Gets AFRL ATAK Contract MoreStanford Leverages ATAK
Stanford graduate students had a project leveraging ATAK and commercial drones in their H4D class. You can find their outbrief here. The project was funded by SOCOM and leveraged commercial drones.
Stanford Leverages ATAK MoreResearch Paper Describing ATAK
Here’s a research paper that describes the way ATAK works. A mapping application that allows teams to share relevant geospatial information efficiently and to communicate effectively with one another and command centers has wide applicability to many vertical markets across the Department of Defense, as well as a wide variety of federal, state local, and non-profit agencies that need to …
Research Paper Describing ATAK MoreNobody Switching to “‘Faster’ iPhones
There’s an absolutely nonsense story that refuses to die Army Special Operations switching to iPhones. Its total nonsense. Someone heard something second hand about an iPhone app to replace ATAK, and they were iPhone fans. We have an iPhone version of ATAK, which works with the rest of the ecosystem, but its not ready for prime time yet. There’s no …
Nobody Switching to “‘Faster’ iPhones MoreATAK Integrated with “Stealth Motorcycle”
According to SOF Magazine, DARPA’s SilentHawk, a stealth motorcycle has integrated with ATAK, “with an integrated power interface for an ATAK device” DARPA was commissioned to develop a new stealth motorcycle for the military in 2014. The goal: a motorcycle with no engine noise that allows the rider to sneak up on the enemy, that has a longer range that …
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