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ATAK to control DJI Drones

August 15, 2017April 25, 2018 - Leave a Comment

This article from SUAS News is nominally about the Army’s decision to ban use of DJI drones in the Army, and their subsequent walking back of that decision. However, it also says, “The Android Tactical Assault Kit will become the ground control station (GCS) of choice when a DJI plugin has passed OPSEC (Operational Security) scrutiny.”

Stanford Teams w/ SOCOM on ATAK Drone Integration

May 27, 2016April 7, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Here’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.