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Stanford graduate students had a project leveraging ATAK and commercial drones in their H4D class. You can find their outbrief here. The project was funded by SOCOM and leveraged commercial drones.
Stanford Leverages ATAK MoreHere’s a research paper that describes the way ATAK works. A mapping application that allows teams to share relevant geospatial information efficiently and to communicate effectively with one another and command centers has wide applicability to many vertical markets across the Department of Defense, as well as a wide variety of federal, state local, and non-profit agencies that need to …
Research Paper Describing ATAK 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” MoreHere’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 MoreHere’s a news report from 4 CBS Denver covering the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control’s use of ATAK and Persistent Systems radios (also a Licensee — they ship many of their radios with ATAK). For ATAK fans, the best part of this was when David Tally refers to ATAK as “The Holy Grail of firefighting” according to David …
CO News Report: ATAK is the “Holy Grail” of Wildland Firefighting 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 More