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ATAK 4.7 was released today with a bunch of small improvements, including support for Cyrillic (including Ukrainian) languages. You can find a complete, exhaustive discussion of what’s been added/changed/fixed/updated, along with the status of TAKServer, and TAKX in this video from the recent developer off-site, held in Rome, NY . Also, not mentioned in the video, you can now find …
ATAK 4.7 Released; Other Product Status Discussed MoreThe TAK Product Center (TPC) “TAK Server” has been released and open-sourced to the public and available for download at https://tak.gov and GitHub. TAK Server is a tactical information management platform that provides data access and encryption across disparate networks. TAK Server secures, brokers, and stores data in standalone and federated configurations. Here’s the full announcement from the Director of …
TAK Server released and open-sourced to the public. More
The TAK Product Center drops more plugins for registered users at tak.gov A total of twenty (20) plugins are now available for download. ICE Voice DataSync Bounce Viewer HAMMER VISCA CAM Reports UAS Tool Block Generator WASP Somewear Beartooth/ Beartooth MK II TAK-ML Plugins VNS Compass Nav
TAK.gov releases more plugins for download. More
Please go check it out here and review it.
iTAK Has Been Published In the Apple App Store MoreHere’s a post from Adam Fish from Ditto, which is demonstrating their Peer to Peer technology on ATAK as part of their new $950M contract with the USAF.
Ditto Demos P2P ATAK use More
Greg Albrecht has been working on a Python-based Server with integration to several important systems. It looks pretty impressive. (PyTAK is not to be confused with PiTAK, which is a TAKServer running on a Raspberry Pi). Below is the linked in post where he shared on LinkedIn, and the GitHub repository is worth a look.
Another Server for TAK MoreThe British Army highlighted their use of TAK today on LinkedIn. The article they link to doesn’t explicitly mention TAK, but its about advanced technology.
Brits Highlight TAK More
AERONet hasn’t gotten a lot of explicit press, and even less for TAK, but it has been the core of AERONet’s IT from day zero (in late 2018…). Surprisingly, there’s still no mention of TAK here. As mentioned in the article, the program is run by the “Quick Reaction Branch”.
AERONet Demos TAK More
The Raytheon BBN-led team’s used a combination of commercial off-the-shelf and custom built hardware and software for its swarming technology, even incorporating a virtual reality head set for the user to control the systems.
Contractors demonstrate single-user drone swarm at DARPA experiment. More
UAS Tool, WASP Plugins are now available to the public.
UAS Tool Now Publicly Available More