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Persistent Systems announced its new radio, the MPU-5, which ships with the current version of ATAK-Civ. Here’s the spec sheet on the radio itself, and here’s a quick summary:
New Persistent Systems Radio Ships w/ ATAK MoreATAK’s use in the hurricanes got some good coverage, because it had civilian users from around the area working with State and Local users. Here’s an article from the 24th Special Operations Wing Special Tactics News. “We hit the ground running, and immediately had to begin adapting,” said the mission commander. One of those adaptions was quickly learning how to …
24 SOW, Many Others Leverage ATAK for Hurricane Relief MoreThis article from SUAS News is nominally about the Army’s decision to ban use of DJI drones in the Army, and their subsequent walking back of that decision. However, it also says, “The Android Tactical Assault Kit will become the ground control station (GCS) of choice when a DJI plugin has passed OPSEC (Operational Security) scrutiny.”
ATAK to control DJI Drones MoreThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been working with the New York City Police Department’s Counterterrorism unit to evaluate TAK for First Responder use. They are evaluating ATAK, TAKServer and WinTAK. From the Article: The Department of Homeland Security Science (DHS) Technology Directorate (S&T) partners with first responders to gauge capability gaps and leverage existing technologies.
NYPD Tests ATAK, goTenna MoreDepartment 13 has integrated its Mesmer(R) Counter-Drone Solution with ATAK as the User Interface. Here’s the chart from this presentation that shows this.
Mesmer Counter-UAS Integrates ATAK as UI MoreHere’s a great video of how the FBI managed the security for the 2017 inauguration. This was the Federal Government’s Command and Operations center, “nerve center” on inauguration day.
Inside the FBI’s Inauguration Ops Center MoreThe ATAK Registered Trademark to the United States Air Force has been issued.
ATAK(R) Trademark Registered MoreAccording 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 MoreThere’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 MoreAccording 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 …
ATAK Integrated with “Stealth Motorcycle” More