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Polaris has a contract to improve ground navigation as an ATAK Plugin: A contract for Ground Guidance software expands the patented route planning and terrain analysis software for the U.S. Army by integrating it into the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) platform. The software suite from Primordial, which is owned by Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), provides on and off-road …
Polaris Gets Contract for ATAK Plugin MoreHere’s an article from Raytheon’s use of ATAK on DARPA’s Persistent Close Air Support program. HE APP THAT SAVES LIVES: ANDROID TACTICAL ASSAULT KIT 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, or Android Tactical Assault Kit. ATAK allows soldiers to chat, …
DARPA’s PCAS Program Uses ATAK MoreHere’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 MoreHere’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 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 MoreHere’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 MoreRaytheon 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 MoreThe 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 MoreHere’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 MoreHere’s a video that shows basic drawing tools in ATAK 2.0. They are completely exportable to KML.
Drawing Tools in ATAK 2.0 More