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Here’s a presentation from Stanford working the SkyNet Program, which is attempting to integrate ATAK with drones for SOCOM and DARPA. The presentation also discusses the idea that ATAK’s plugin architecture is beginning to be an ecosystem in and of itself.
Stanford Teams w/ SOCOM on ATAK Drone Integration MoreFrom the Boulder Daily Camera: The Boulder Fire Department took advantage of a multi-jurisdictional wildfire training exercise Friday to test out a new technology, called Android Team Awareness Kit, that they hope will help them better coordinate efforts to fight large wildland fires and communicate with crews on the ground. The app, designed by PAR Government Systems Corporation, is based …
Boulder Fire Department testing ATAK MorePEO Fixed Wing gave a presentation at the annual Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). Here is the relevant slide. I’m not sure what the funding information refers to in this slide. Its not clear that all that money is going into ATAK.
SOCOM PEO Fixed Wing Lists ATAK MoreThe National Guard’s Civil Support Teams have adopted ATAK for use in their missions, which according to Wikipedia is approximately counter WMD. The article discusses their need to collaborate with organizations across the civil government, including the FBI, Border Patrol (DHS) and many other agencies. Here’s what the article said: The team also tested their communications vigorously, using the Mobile …
National Guard Civil Support Teams Adopt ATAK MoreThe DARPA SquadX program announced in it’s Proposer’s Day presentation that they will be leveraging ATAK as part of their program to transform and empower squads to be more productive.
DARPA’s SquadX Leverages ATAK MoreBill Roting, of GMU has an award to work on Integration Automated Intelligence Workflow: Bill Roeting of the C4I & Cyber Center received $125K from Parsons Government Systems Corporation and the Department of Defense for his project, “Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) – Integrated Automated Intelligence Workflow.”
GMU Works ATAK Integration Automated Intelligence Workflow MoreGovernment Computer News (GCN) covered ATAK’s use in the DARPA Persistent Close Air Support Program’s (PCAS) flight test at Nellis AFB for Close Air Support. Close air support is an artful yet extremely dangerous endeavor in which personnel on the ground call for and direct air strikes in support of combat operations.
GCN Covers ATAK PCAS Test MoreHere’s a story and video about DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program, including a video. From the article,
ATAK PCAS Test Video MorePolaris has a contract to improve ground navigation as an ATAK Plugin: A contract for Ground Guidance software expands the patented route planning and terrain analysis software for the U.S. Army by integrating it into the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) platform. The software suite from Primordial, which is owned by Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), provides on and off-road …
Polaris Gets Contract for ATAK Plugin MoreHere’s a publicly released “Success Story” published by AFRL/RI, published in June, 2015. Here’s an excerpt: ATAK can operate in virtually any type of networking environment, including land, air, sea and undersea. It is designed to be used in a server-less tactical environment while remaining fully functional. Where feasible, it leverages multiple network configurations, seamlessly bridging tactical radios, phone networks …
AFRL Success Story — ATAK More