Routes and Route Navigation
Here’s an absolutely ancient video on route creation, editing and navigation. There have been several features added to this, but its a good start on familiarization.
Routes and Route Navigation MoreAFRL Success Story — ATAK
Here’s a publicly released “Success Story” published by AFRL/RI, published in June, 2015. Here’s an excerpt: ATAK can operate in virtually any type of networking environment, including land, air, sea and undersea. It is designed to be used in a server-less tactical environment while remaining fully functional. Where feasible, it leverages multiple network configurations, seamlessly bridging tactical radios, phone networks …
AFRL Success Story — ATAK MoreATAK Demo – DoD Lab Day
ATAK was demoed at DoD Lab Day at the Pentagon by AFRL. From the AF.MIL web site: A few of the 26 technologies that AFRL will highlight at DOD Lab Day include: the Automatic Ground Collision Avoidance System (Auto GCAS), which automatically takes control of a fighter aircraft to avoid impending ground collisions and which has already saved two pilots …
ATAK Demo – DoD Lab Day MoreBlack Diamond Commercial & AWESOME Bonus Video
Here’s a commercial from Black Diamond, one of our first licensees that prominently features ATAK. Also, the audio from this video shows the compelling need for a tool like ATAK. Without the current, easy to understand situational awareness, combat — and emergency response in general — is chaos. TAK takes the chaos out of the equation by providing everyone with …
Black Diamond Commercial & AWESOME Bonus Video MoreATAK in Washington Post
Raytheon ran an article in the Washington Post that highlights ATAK’s use by Raytheon. The title of the article is “Soldier with 100 eyes. Here’s an excerpt from the article. The app that saves lives A tablet is only as effective as the program it runs. Raytheon BBN Technologies, one of the company’s advanced research centers, helped develop that program: …
ATAK in Washington Post MoreNett Warrior Trade Study Chooses ATAK
The Nett Warrior program commissioned a trade study a trade study of various mobile mapping solutions over the past year. The study was conducted by the Army Geospatial Center, part of the Army Corps of Engineers. They selected ATAK over others in the field, including ESRI’s CJMTK. One thing that makes this selection particularly noteworthy is that it was selected …
Nett Warrior Trade Study Chooses ATAK MoreData Ferrying with UAS
Here’s a research paper written to describe AFRL’s project using TAKServer (MARTI) to do data ferrying between disconnected systems. Abstract—The effectiveness of ground-based, wireless tactical data networks is often constrained by limitations such as communication range and line-of-sight. SATCOM is not always available because it is relatively expensive and highly contended. Data ferrying is an alternative method of data transfer …
Data Ferrying with UAS MoreDrawing Tools in ATAK 2.0
Here’s a video that shows basic drawing tools in ATAK 2.0. They are completely exportable to KML.
Drawing Tools in ATAK 2.0 MoreSaving Off-Line Maps in ATAK
Here’s a video on how to save maps for off-line use. This is great when you want fast, detailed imagery for an area you are going to. The resulting map display is much faster, even if you have Wi-Fi access when doing the imagery, its awesome when you have cellphone-only service, and indespensible if you have neither. This works for …
Saving Off-Line Maps in ATAK MoreAFRL Leverages ATAK for iSTAC Program
From Defense News Systems: The Air Force is starting a new program that could potentially allow users other than the pilot to control airborne sensors—allowing shared access for multiple warfighters. The Information Directorate of the Air Force Research Laboratory released a presolicitation for the Information Management-Enabled Sensor Tasking and Ad Hoc Control program yesterday. [snip] AFRL plans to leverage three sets of …
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