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Here’s a clip from AJ using CivTAK with Full Motion Video fighting California wildfires, integrated with the CalFires’ NightWatch Platform. You can find the LinkedIn Post here, and I’ve posted the whole thing below.
CivTAK with FMV in CA Fires More
Update: The SDK is now available for download. The SDK for CivTAK has been released by the TAK Product Center. You can find it here. CivTAK 4.0.7 has also been Open Sourced using the GPL 3 License. You can find that source code here. The next step is likely be CivTAK in the Google Play Store. Update: The SDK has …
SDK Released; CivTAK Open Sourced More
CivTAK 4.0.7 has been released. This is the enterprise-quality, “F-35 of Geospatial Collaboration” official, plugin-capable release of CivTAK. You can get it here. Its the most capable geospatial collaboration tool out there at any price. T-Rex recommended that iPhone users go buy an Android to try it out it is so powerful.
CivTAK 4.0.7 Has Been Released More
According to Jane’s, The Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence (MoD) has purchased an undisclosed number of counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) which includes ATAK. Here’s an excerpt: The system will include the Wingman-105 Small Handheld/Wearable Drone Detector and Watchdog 200 Networked RF Sensor. Deliveries of both C-UAS products are expected to be completed by September 2020, industry sources added. The latest …
Lithuania Gets C-UAS w/ATAK More
The Army posted an article about the TAK Product Center Center’s support for the National Guard’s roll out of TAK for use in their COVID-19 response. There are several nuggets in here that haven’t previously seen print. Highlights: TAK noow has a TAK Product Center in Army Futures Command, under Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC) This fielding is for 2,000 …
National Guard Rolls TAK for COVID-19 More
There’s a story in GISUser on Par’s launch of TeamConnect. Most readers of TAKCiv will be aware of TeamConnect, because its been around for a couple of years now. Its an easy to use, civilian-friendly replacement for TAKServer, that supports all the basic functionality of TAKServer. Here’s an excerpt: TeamConnect by PAR acts as a collaboration bridge to facilitate communication …
Par Launches TeamConnect More
Here’s a short, interesting video on ToughStump’s ATOStracker for ATAK as a work in progress:
ToughStump’s ATAK ATOStracker More
Here’s a demo from the University of Colorado, Center of Excellence, Advanced Technology, that shows ATAK projected onto a 3D sand-table for better command visualization. It makes me wonder how you “3D print” a sand table. Let me know if you how they do that or whether to just 3D print it with ABS (more expensive, more durable). Also, can …
ATAK Sand Table Demo MoreThis is a short post from LinkedIn from Andreas Johansson discussing their first use of TAK for rescues in Bernalillo county NY which seems to be liked ot the 911 system using RapidSOS. ATAK and PAR’s Team Connect being used with Enhanced Location Services from RapidSOS 911 caller data to plot an injured hikers location and collaborate with Aircrews for …
Corona CA Fire Dept Using TAK for Rescues More
Here is the user manual for CivTAK 4.0.
CivTAK 4.0 User Manual More