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The Manila Times reports that the Philippines Government is leveraging several advanced technologies to manage their Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ). The article discusses several technologies. Here’s what they said about ATAK: JTF Covid Shield teams are deployed with 500 units of highly secured Samsung smartphones, installed with a mission essential app suite called Android Tactical Awareness Kit (ATAK). Another app the …

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TRX Integrates GPS-Denied Tech w/ ATAK

April 21, 2020April 21, 2020 - Leave a Comment

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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Tutorials / Video

Downoading SRTM for TAK

April 19, 2020April 20, 2020 - Leave a Comment

How to download SRTM for TAK.

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Documentation / HowTo / Tutorials

TeamConnect Video Tutorials

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 - Leave a Comment

TeamConnect has a bunch of video tutorials on Vimeo to bring you up to speed on ATAK Training. TeamConnect is a great, easy-to-use TAK Server service that is used by many commercial, state and local users. Even if you don’t sign up for TeamConnect, the video tutorials are definitely worth a check. Its a pretty comprehensive set of lessons. Here’s …

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Tutorials / Video

Turning Photos to ATAK Maps with Rubber Sheeting

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Here’s a short video on how to take a photo of a map and turn it into an overlay (rubber sheet) in ATAK /CivTAK. Its pretty easy and super useful when you have a custom map with information that’s not otherwise available. Note that while this video shows a 2D model inserted (a map), this could just as easily have …

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Air Force / Licensees

AF Awards Persistent $25M ATAK/Radio Contract

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Persistent Systems reports that they have received: a $25 million contract for the Wave Relay Tactical Assault Kit (WaRTAK) program. The refresh is expected to take four years. The WaRTAK program, which began back in 2016, provides Air Force convoys driving in austere environments with reliable multi-domain communications and situational awareness. “It ties radio, GPS, cellular and satellite internet connections …

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Licensees

ATLAS Cargo Tracking w/ ATAK

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Stonewall Defense is advertising their “Android Team Logistics Awareness Switch” (ATLAS), which tracks shipping containers world-wide and integrates with ATAK. There’s a video here, but its not something that can be embedded on this web page.

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Overwatch Aero Seamless & TAK Integration

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Small VTOL UAS integrated with TAK & with quick fireline mapping.

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DHS / Government

DHS TAK Spec Sheet

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 - Leave a Comment

DHS published a Team Awareness Kit Fact sheet last month that I just noticed. It covers what they’ve been doing for the last couple of years with TAK, and thee dozen or so big event that they’ve used it with. They point out that: DHS deploys the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) to support the complex communication and coordination needs of …

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Government / SOCOM

SOFWERX/SOCOM Seeks ATAK-Integrated Targeting Device

April 10, 2020April 10, 2020 - Leave a Comment

SOFWERX, SOCOM’s Not-For-Profit Innovation Arm is looking for a “Target Location Device” that’s integrated with ATAK. They want your submission by May 4, 2020. From the post: Ground forces require an improved capability to precisely fix-finish known enemies in an operationally relevant scenario. Currently, forces use map data, which is hard to get, or lengthy talk-ons for fixed and rotary …

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