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Here’s a copy of the Public Release presentation which describes the demo we did at the Air Warfare Symposium in February, 2018. There are several excellent capabilities explicitly revealed that people will be interested in seeing. Here is the slick sheet we handed out at AFA. There are a couple of more slides after the Jump, but you might want …
AFRL Air Warfare Symposium Briefing MoreAmerican Security Today has a report of ATAK’s testing by DHS and New York City’s civil government: In the early hours of October 29, 2017, over 200 first responders participated in a critical incident exercise and technology assessment conducted by DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) in partnership with the New York Police Department (NYPD), the New York Fire Department (FDNY), and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Over …
TAK used in joint DHS NYC exercise MoreHere’s a good article on the BATDOK plugin for ATAK, with an excerpt below: The Air Force Research Laboratory has high hopes for a new, smartphone-based medical information software tool that can ingest sensor data for real-time health status monitoring for multiple patients. Researchers launched field testing of the Battlefield Assisted Trauma Distributed Observation Kit, or BATDOK in the spring. …
BATDOK “Goes Global” in 2018 MoreThis article covers AFSOC Pararescue’s use of modern medical technology. There are several interesting components here, but i want to highlight ATAK, of course. here’s what they had to say: None of these tools are available on-site, of course, so when a PJ jumps out of a plane, he is carrying all the gear he needs to keep someone alive. …
Medics of the Modern Battlefield — Use ATAK MoreThe Combatting Terrorism Technical Spuport Office (CTTSO) announced that Par Government Systems has completed an augmented reality plugin for ATAK that may be used by the DoD and Homeland Security. Here’s an excerpt: Description: Leverage the existing Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) plugin architecture to design and develop a new vehicle navigation capability that translates route directions and situational awareness information …
CTTSO Announces Augmented Reality Navigation MoreThis article from American Security Today covers the needs of First Responders for current Situational Awareness and collaboration. It touches on several events last year that either ATAK helped at or would have helped if it were used. It also touches on the use of ATAK by DHS and how TAK is transferred to private companies. There are a total …
Mobile Tech For First Responders MoreMichigan Tech, Indiana University, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, sponsored by NIST presented a paper on networking with ATAK for forest firefighting using a mix of LTE and WiFi, and leveraging a Raspberry Pi for data ferrying with a drone. The presentation is here.
Universities Present “Resilient Networking” Paper Leveraging ATAK 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 MoreThe Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control published a study on their evaluation of ATAK with goTennas, SPOT Trackers and tactical radios. Here is the study, and here’s an excerpt from the report: The Center of Excellence for Advanced Technology Aerial Firefighting (CoE) took advantage of the field test of satellite messengers to test an additional system that uses …
CO Firefighters Report Using ATAK, Comm MoreSOCOM’s SOFWERX hosted a Rapid Prototyping Event this month to build on the ATAK Platform as follows: Key technologies demonstrated levels of autonomy and mapping for land and air to include navigation and target identification, analytics in geospatial and intelligence, interoperability with ATAK, small sub surface vessels, and legged Unmanned Ground Vehicle robots that transit through diverse terrain. There were also …
SOCOM’s SOFWERX Hosts Hacking event More