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The Future of Firefighting Includes ATAK
One of the newest tools breaking its way into the firefighting scene is the Android Team Awareness Kit developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory
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TAK, Aircraft on Grizzly Creek Wildfire
News Story covering Grizzly Creek Firefirghter in Colorado leveraging ATAK.
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KKCO – TAK for WildFires
This video from NBC11News.com (Colorado’s KKCO TV) on TAK — The Team Awareness Kit – verses paper maps, starring Brad Schmidt. It also highlights the value of mesh radios and Senator Cory Gardner (R, Colorado).
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2-Way SatCom Texting w/ ATAK
SomeWear has a new SatCom-based Texting device, which they bill as a “global hotspot” that’s integrated with ATAK via a plugin. There are likely to be several of these coming online in the next year and having them integrated with the best off-grid mapping application only makes sense. The cost is $350 plus service, which ranges from $8.50 to $50/month. …
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ATAK JumpMaster w/ Juggernaut
Here’s a video showing off Juggernaut’s case with a High Altitude, High Opening (HAHO) mount. Naturally, they are featuring ATAK-Mil with the JumpMaster Tool. HAHO 20K FT- Juggernaut.Case™ Jumpmaster Employment from Juggernaut.Case on Vimeo.
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ATAK Sand Table Demo
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 …
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National Guard leverages goTenna Pro & ATAK for PATRIOT South 2020
Officer.com reports that goTenna Pro was used in PATRIOT South 2020 , sponsored by the National Guard Bureau at multiple locations in Mississippi to support Domestic Operations (DOMOPS) . Here’s the ATAK-relevant component: In disaster situations, traditional communications infrastructure is often prone to damage or failure. PATRIOT South participants are simulating comms-denied operations by pairing goTenna Pro X mesh networking radio devices …
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TRX Integrates GPS-Denied Tech w/ ATAK
eeNews Reports that TRX has developed a new low SWAP geolocation tool for GPS-denied environments, and they integrated it with ATAK, just as they have done for several of their products. Here’s what they said: Neon is a low SWaP, assured PNT technology that provides 3D position and navigation capabilities when satellite technology is unavailable or unreliable. At the 2020 Army …
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