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The USDA’s Forest Service posted an article and video showing off their adoption of the Team Awareness Kit for wildland forest fire fighting. From the article: Here’s the video from the article: Team Awareness Kit from USDA Forest Service on Vimeo.
USDA/Forest Service Adopting TAK More
The TAK Product Center’s Director, Ryan Mclean’s presentation is available on TAK.Gov, but I thought it was important enough to put on YouTube, particularly for the difference between cost and price and why TAK is a great value for the government and the public.
“The Road to Information Dominance” – TAK Offsite Directors Presentation 2023 More
HandsFree Group releases First Responder COP Featuring ATAK.
Hands-Free, Vehicle Mounted Comm/Situational Awareness — TAK Compatible More
DARPA’s secure Distributed information sharing technology has been transitioned to TAK and Integrated.
DARPA Transitions Distributed Information Exchange to TAK MoreTech News announced that Samsung announced a new S23-Tactical device for military and emergency responder use with night vision mode and integration with tactical radios. It is of course ATAK-compatible. From the article: Samsung has introduced Tactical Edition of its flagship phones Samsung Galaxy S23 and Galaxy XCover 6 Pro, which have been designed keeping in mind the US military. …
Samsung Announces S23 Tactical More
FTS used by NATO.
FTS Supports Slovenian Military More
TAK) has been selected as the preferred battle management application (BMA) solution for the British Army’s Dismounted Situational Awareness (DSA) programme….
Janes: Brits Select TAK for Dismounted SA More
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science ad Technology (PCAST) has released a report titled “Modernizing Wildland Firefighting to Protect Our Firefighters” led by, led by Nobel Lauret and Cal Tech professor Frances Arnold, with former NASA astronaut Kathi Sullivan, PhD and John Dabiri, also a Cal Tech Professor. The report has five recommendations, the first of which is to …
Presidential Report on Modernizing Wildland Firefighting More
Here’s an interesting article from GPS World, titled “Experts urge jamming detection network – Free webinar shows easy method using smartphones” on using a set of connected phones to detect GPS jammers and spoofers. The President’s National Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board … recommends that … “The group’s most recent recommendation is to implement a detection network based on …
ATAK & GPS? More